Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • nkho"
    Language code: S32 Language: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
    Translation: beer pot
  • letsexa"
    Language code: S32 Language: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
    Translation: a barrel-shaped beer pot, 12 inches in height and 7 inches over the rim. It is usually undecorated.
  • nkxô"
    Language code: S32 Language: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
    Translation: a large pot used for brewing beer, 16 inches in height and 15 1/2 inches over the rim, with a slightly contracted mouth. The ware is usually smooth and undecorated.
  • pitsa
    Language code: S32 Language: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
    Translation: a spherical pot for holding water with a slightly concave neck, of various sizes up to 10 inches in height and 12 inches over the rim. These pots are usually decorated.
  • pitsana
    Language code: S32 Language: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
    Translation: small pot used for cooking spinach, similar to the last but about 4,5 inches in height and 5 inches over the rim.
  • morufsi"
    Language code: S32 Language: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
    Translation: bowls in various sizes, up to 6 inches in height and 18 inches over the rim. They are usually decorated with a band of diagonal cross hatching below the rim.
  • morufsani"
    Language code: S32 Language: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
    Translation: platters, 3 inches in height and 8 inches over the rib. Usually undecorated.
  • lev~ea/l“ip~ea
    Language code: S32 Language: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
    Translation: Scherbe, Feuer- oder Kohlenbecken / old broken claypot used as a washing bassin
  • sevz3a"
    Language code: S32 Language: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
    Translation: GefäB
  • tshagana/ditshagana"
    Language code: S32 Language: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
    Translation: a small clay pot in which porridge is left to ferment
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