Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • gekOOmbe"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: cup
  • -omba
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: mould, create, atrract
  • ~u~umbi;
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: uumbi: shaping, creating, forming / uumbo= creation, formation
  • ndigithu"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: a tall, globular, narrow-necked, narrow-mouthed pot used for carrying and storing water (type 1)
  • ruthiri"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: a tall, globular, narrow-necked, narrow-mouthed pot used for carrying and storing water (type 2)
  • ndengu"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: a big tall pot used for cooking large quantities at ceremonies, for formenting porridge and sometimes for holding water
  • njuuri
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: a small cooking pot used for cooking for one or two people, for soup and rendering down fat
  • riumba;
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: potting clay / the finished product is a perfectly smooth, even, fine sand, which is stored for futur use in a half calabash/ potter's sand, prepared mixture of sand and clay
  • rurigi"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: twisted cord
  • muro"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: a special hardwood tool used to dig clay
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