Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • nd&o"
    Language: matuumbi Translation: bucket
  • liluli"
    Language: ngindo Translation: lump
  • kuhuta"
    Language: ngindo Translation: to pull a lump outwards with the fingers until it has become a hollow, demi-spherical shape
  • nayi"
    Language: ngindo Translation: bevelled piece of wood, literally bamboo, the wood most frequently chosen for its smoothness, then comes into play to render the exterior surface uniform, whilst the actual lip is built up afresh and carefully edged with the same implement
  • muyi"
    Language: ngindo Translation: potter
  • kupatula"
    Language: ngindo Translation: to mould the underside of a pot
  • nembo"
    Language: ngindo Translation: distinctive decorative fringe
  • kubabula"
    Language: ngindo Translation: to burn, to put alongside a slow wood-fire for the space of a day
  • kugoba"
    Language: ngindo Translation: take the pots out of the fire
  • mgombwa/migombwa"
    Language: ngindo Translation: long hooked sticks used to take pots out of the fire
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