Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • 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
  • ihengere"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: mortar
  • muuthi/miuthi"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: pestle
  • miharati"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: a wooden container in which the clay is put
  • gacere"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: a gourd smoother
  • ihindi"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: a piece of stick or bone to decorate a pot
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