Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • lusala"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: stick to smoothen the outer surface of the pot to make sure that the coils are properly fixed
  • ekhayi"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: a piece of broken gourd or elliptical pod (seedcase from the sikayu plant) used to smoothen the inner part of the pot to levelize the pot
  • embako"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: hoe
  • bisariro
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: big and small tool to decorate the neck of a pot (roulette?)
  • engara/chingara"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: shallow rings from grass or banaleaves formerly used as turntables for very large pots
  • kamaru"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: green banana leaves used to lay on cradle which functions as turntable and to build the pot on
  • kamasanja"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: dry banana leaves used to lay on cradle which functions as turntable and to build the pot on
  • sibale"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: the base of the pot
  • embulungusie/chimbulungusie"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: coil of clay
  • khuulungusia"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: rolling clay between the palms of the hands
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