muti
UK/ˈmuːti/
muti noun: traditional African medicine.
Noun
muti (countable and uncountable, plural mutis)
- 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
- Lekota's handing on a plate ammunition against himself, scrapping our genuine African herb medicine, Affirmative Action, that national muti.2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury, published 2013, page 300
Proper noun capitalized: Muti
Muti (plural Mutis)
- A surname from Italian.
Forms of muti
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mutis |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Mutis |
Origin of muti
Borrowed from Zulu úmuthí (“shrub, tree, medicine”), from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́.
(surname): Borrowed from Italian Muti
Words formed from muti
- muti murder
- muti man
- muti woman
Phrases with muti
Words that rhyme with muti
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Questions about muti
- What does muti mean?
- Muti means traditional African medicine.
- What part of speech is muti?
- Muti can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce muti?
- Muti is pronounced /ˈmuːti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of muti?
- The plural of muti is mutis.
Words near muti in the dictionary
Source and license
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