water-jar

Zigua biga (ma -) "a water-jar"; Yao wiga, chi - "a pot or vessel of any kind"; Lenje luŵia/chiŵia "earthen pot."

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that the woman brought out the fish alive from the water-jar and assembled the folk against her husband, and told them her tale.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Then all of a sudden two slaves came in, carrying on as if they had been fighting at the fountain, at least; each one had a water-jar hanging from a yoke around his neck.

Satyricon 2007

Fletcher Norton went the four Greek vases — a kylix, a water-jar, and two amphorae — which he had sold to Cowperwood and which he valued highly.

The Financier 2004

It possessed a non-conducting fiber ice-container, a porcelain water-jar (guaranteed hygienic), a drip-less non-clogging sanitary faucet, and machine-painted decorations in two tones of gold.

Babbit 2004

Outside her window the women were passing quietly, the red water-jar on one shoulder, going to the lake for water.

The Plumed Serpent 2003

Then having watched for a time when Dareios took his seat publicly in the suburb of the Lydian city, they dressed up their sister in the best way they could, and sent her to fetch water, having a water-jar upon her head and leading a horse after her by a bridle round her arm, and at the same time spinning flax.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

A lonely woman went up the shingle with a water-jar on her shoulder.

The Plumed Serpent 2003

So saying, he shouldered his water-jar, left the scroll in the hands of the Moor, and trudged forward on his daily rounds.

The Alhambra 2002

In the sudden ecstasy of the thought he had well nigh let fall his water-jar.

The Alhambra 2002