Originally a diminutive, from bia (“large cooking pot”). <span class="searchmatch">kibia</span> class VII (plural vibia class VIII) earthenware bowl or pot...
(1954) “vibia”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 779 vibia plural of <span class="searchmatch">kibia</span>...
*mbɪ̀gá (“pot”). bia class V (plural mabia class VI) large cooking pot <span class="searchmatch">kibia</span> ^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History)...