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muthi

muthi is the alternative form of muti.

Meaning of muti

Noun

muti (countable and uncountable, plural mutis)

  1. (South Africa) Traditional African medicine.
    • The witchdoctor shop with its muti, its vulture eggs, the skins and hair and nails and horns and unmentionable excretions, its useless whorl of incense; and the Indian owner glaring at one like a dark wooden mask.1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 179

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Forms of muthi

pluralmuthis

Questions about muthi

What is muthi the alternative form of?
Muthi is the alternative form of muti.

Words near muthi in the dictionary

  1. Muthammanis
  2. Muthanna
  3. muthas
  4. muther
  5. muthers
  6. muthi
  7. Muthill
  8. muthis
  9. muthmannite
  10. Muths
  11. muthua

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