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moruti

moruti noun: a teacher or preacher.

Noun

moruti (plural morutis)

  1. (South Africa) A teacher or preacher.
    • One of the chiefs on his return said, 'Know, O Moruti (missionary), that I have not killed any man, and I ordered my son to let a woman go free whom he had captured.'1891, Sofia Bompiani, Italian Explorers in Africa, The Religious Tract Society, page 138
    • “It's my husband, Baas!” she repeated blindly. “We were married by the moruti.”1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 97

Forms of moruti

pluralmorutis

Origin of moruti

From Sotho moruti, Northern Sotho moruti, Tswana moruti, from ruta (“to teach”).

Questions about moruti

What does moruti mean?
Moruti means a teacher or preacher.
What part of speech is moruti?
Moruti is a noun.
What is the plural of moruti?
The plural of moruti is morutis.

Words near moruti in the dictionary

  1. Morundah
  2. Morunglav
  3. Moruroa
  4. morusin
  5. Morute
  6. moruti
  7. morutis
  8. Moruya
  9. Moruya Heads
  10. Morval
  11. Morvan's syndrome

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