Swahili nouns, Class 5 - 3-dimensional containers
- koo 'throat' [also Class 9]
- PSA nkolo [Class 9], from -kol 'choke'
- jiko 'fireplace, hearth'
- PSA IjIko, CB yIko
- gamba 'outer covering: fish scale, tree bark, tortoise shell'
- PSA Igamba 'outer shell'
- ganda 'husk, rind, shell'
- PSA Ikanda 'skin, bark', CB kanda 'skin'
- kaka 'empty shell, e.g. of egg, fruit'
- PSA Ika(n)ka, listed as "doubtful" by N&H
- kununu 'empty grain husk, spike'
- kumbi 'fibrous plant sheath'
- bia 'earthenware vessel'
- PSA IWiga 'pot', CB biga
- ziga 'vessel for burning embers'
- PSA IzIga, CB -dIg 'become burnt'
- zizi 'enclosure for keeping animals'
- PSA IzIzI 'cattlefold'
- kopo 'metal can, jug &c.'
- rumbi 'large jar'
- pakacha 'basket for fish, fruit'
- toza 'bowl of tobacco pipe'
- tondoo 'thimble'
- *jamanda 'round covered basket' [Port. j-]
- *jarife 'dragnet, seine' [Ar. j-]
- *kabati 'cupboard' [Eng. k-]
- *kandili 'lantern' [Ar. q]
- *sanduku 'box, chest, trunk' [Ar. s-]
- *kombora 'bomb, shell, mortar' [Ar. q]
- *tangi 'tank for water storage' [Eng. t-]