Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • kùpú:wà
    Language: tonga Translation: to pound clay
  • kukasa"
    Language: tonga Translation: to knead clay to make it smooth and soft before forming a pot out of it
  • lamanpha"
    Language: tonga Translation: good smooth pot-clay
  • kutukumuwa"
    Language: tonga Translation: to make a pot round before burning it in fire / to extend, enlarge a pot
  • chikunguti"
    Language: tonga Translation: fruit of a mango tree for shaping outside
  • nkhama"
    Language: tonga Translation: red soil (used to paint a pot)
  • uzilo"
    Language: tonga Translation: black soil (used to paint a pot)
  • chipaliro"
    Language: tonga Translation: piece of wood
  • likolombe"
    Language: tonga Translation: shell to glaze a pot
  • chizinga"
    Language: tonga Translation: place where pot is formed on