Painted Clay Pot
Nkgo ya Letsopa e e Takilweng

description by association:
Dira:  to form, to create

Collection of terms
Rekisa: to sell
Bontsha: show, exhibit
Pente: paint
Ithuta: learn, teach oneself
Ntle: aesthetically pleasing, beautiful
Kgale: from a long time ago, from the past

Painted Clay Pot
Nkgo ya Letsopa e e Takilweng

Description by association:
Ntlhantlhantlha: the very/ultimate first
Dira: to form, to create
Di-pattern: Patterns
Di-art: Art
Di-painting: Paintings

Collection of terms
Nkgo/Nkgwana: A water pitcher/pot, typically made from clay (letsopa), used to store beer and/or water.
Ke tsa Setswana: They are [traditionally] from/of the Tswana culture

Painted Clay Pot
Nkgo ya letsopa e e takilweng

Painted Clay Pot
Nkgo ya letsopa e e takilweng

A Painted Clay Tray/Coaster
Sebetlwa sa sejana sa botaki

Description by association:
Dira: to form, to create
Dirilwe: has formed, has created

Collection of terms
Ngwana wa ga Malome: Uncle’s child
Tse dingwe tse di so: Others similar to this
Rakgadi: Aunt, your father’s sister
Oumama: [Your] grandmother

Clay Pot Fragment
Lophego lwa nkgo

Description by association:
Dira: to form, to create
Dirilwe:  has formed, has created

Collection of terms
Nkgo/Nkgwana: A water pitcher/pot, typically made from clay (letsopa), used to store beer and/or water.
Thubegile: has shattered, has broken, is wrecked
Makgetlho: -
Dutse: is sitting (in this context: is still in relatively good form)
Bonala: appears, can be seen (in this context: looks fine, has some form)
Lophego: A fragment
Logapa: shell

Clay Pot Fragment
Lophego lwa Nkgo

Collection of terms
Thubegile: has shattered, has broken, is wrecked
Mama wa gago: Your mother
Oumama: Grandmother
Loselo/Leselo: Wide flat winnowing basket; A basket sieve
Ditlatlana: baskets/bowls weaved/plaited from grass, used for storage
Digo (plural of sego): Calabash (bottle gourds) plant-made water dippers
Setilo: A chair
Polanka: A plank
Setlhare: a tree, a medicine

Clay Pot Fragment
Lophego lwa nkgo

Water pourer/pitcher and container
Sego le phafana

Collection of terms
Senke: Metal sheet (derived from the word ‘zinc’)
Motlhotlho: A filter; A beer strainer
‘Seed’: Peo (in Setswana)
Sego: A calabash (bottle gourd) plant-made water dipper
Metsi: Water
Bojalwa: Beer
Nwa: Drink
Wa ga jaana: You draw/collect [the water] like so
Wa tshela mo: You pour here
Setlhare: a tree, a medicine
Wa jala: You plant…
Jega: can be eaten…

Water Container
Phafana

Collection of terms
Phafana: A calabash plant-made bottle/tumbler/container used to drink beer from
Gelela: to draw [a liquid]
Re tshela mo: We pour here
Nwa: Drink

Clay Pot
Nkgo

Clay Pot
Nkgo

Water Pourer/Pitcher
Sego

Collection of terms
Thubegile: has shattered, has broken, is wrecked
Setseng: that is left…
Gelela: draw [a liquid]
O be otshela ka ha: You then pour in here
Peo: Seed
Sego: A calabash (bottle gourd) plant-made water dipper
Setlhare sa sona: …its tree [plant]...
Legapu: Watermelon
Ga se jewe: Is it not eaten?

Water Pourer/Pitcher
Sego

Collection of terms
Sego: A calabash (bottle gourd) plant-made water dipper
Thubega: shatter, break
‘Butternut’: A vegetable with which the calabash is often confused.
Peo: Seed
O kgona go ga metsi: You can draw water
Bojalwa: Alcohol (typical refers to beer (traditional beer))
Nwa: Drink
Ga di dirisiwe yanong di thubegile: They are not being used, so now they broke….

Beer Pot
Nkgo ya bojalwa

Beer Pot
Nkgo ya bojalwa

Bottle Gourd (Calabash)
Segwana