calabash
ɛnk-amanáà Variant: ɛn-amanáà. Nom sg: ɛnk-ámanáà. Acc pl: ɨn-kamanáà. Nom pl: ɨnk-ámanáà. n. 1 • Circular-shaped piece of leather cut to fit tightly over the opening of the calabash as a calabash. Eitútumi ɛnkamanáà ó leléo áàrɨ̀p esíótè é nkúkúrí. A leather circular-shaped is woven together with a piece of gourd to make a lid for a calabash.
2 • Lid or top that is screwed on, with a rotating motion, to tightly cover a container. See: a-mán ‘To surround’.
ɛnk-áyìàm Nom sg: ɛnk-áyîâm. n. Small calabash used for beer, or for milk used in blessing ceremonies. See: en-kúkúrí ‘Calabash’; ɛnk-ɔtɨ́ ‘Small calabash’.
n-conkórr [North] n. [North] Type of calabash made of sisal fibre, used for storing water or milk. See: en-kúkúrí ‘Gourd’; [North] l-kantír ‘Type of calabash carved from wood’.
l-kúpúrí [North] n. [North] Onion-shaped cap or plug for a large calabash or l-málà, usually carved from wood. See: en-kúkúrí ‘Calabash’.
ol-mosorî2 Nom sg: ol-mosorî. Acc pl: il-mosorîn. Nom pl: il-mósorîn. n. 1 • Big gourd. See: ɛn-dʉ́kʉny ‘Calabash for storing milk’.
2 • [North] Enlargment or swelling of the testicles, due to sexually transmitted disease.
l-ŋoróoshî [North] n. [North] Type of big calabash used to store milk. Syn: l-málà lɛ́ kúéshí ‘Big calabash for storing milk’. See: o-siaŋáù ‘Big calabash used to store milk’.
nk-óítìŋ [North] Nom sg: nk-óítîŋ. Acc pl: nk-óítiŋí. Nom pl: nk-óitiŋí. [North] Gourd made of wood for milking.
seénderí [North] Nom sg: séénderî. Acc pl: seéndèr. Nom pl: séèndèr. n. [North] Gourd for storing milk with a bottom made of skin.
sorrôr [North] n. [North] Type of calabash made from sisal fibre. This is mostly used by boys at lálɛ́. See: tulét ‘Calabash’; en-kúkúrí ‘Calabash’; ɛnk-ɔtɨ́ ‘Small gourd’; ɛ-nyaáncà ‘Small gourd’; ɛ-málà ‘Big gourd’; n-kɨrráú ‘Gourd’.
e-sosîân n. Stick with soft frayed end for cleaning calabashes.
l-táâm [North] Nom sg: l-taám. Acc pl: l-táámî. Nom pl: l-táamí. n. [North] Cylindrical big gourd with skin on both ends for storing honey, oil.
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