Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • kiteve"
    Language: kamba Translation: large mouthed cooking pot, used in cooking for people at the building of a house because of its size
  • kitzingula
    Language: kamba Translation: potsherd
  • kalio;
    Language: kamba Translation: small piece of broken cooking pot
  • kitandaa"
    Language: kamba Translation: broken pot (also repaired beehive that has been broken)
  • ndumbia"
    Language: kamba Translation: brick kiln
  • kwalika"
    Language: kamba Translation: to crack open
  • senga"
    Language: kamba Translation: rusty sediment in water, red clay procured from the stream and dried, it is then made into little cakes, put between dry cow dung and put into fire to bake and get red. It is then powdered and mixed with fat and used for painting
  • kulilia"
    Language: kamba Translation: smooth over anything broken, fill in cracks
  • mtanga"
    Language: kamba Translation: water jar
  • mashia"
    Language: kibosho Translation: hearthstone for putting pots on
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