muti
See also: Muti, mutí, mūti, mǔtǐ, muṯi, and mut'i
English
Etymology
From Zulu umuthi (“shrub, tree, medicine”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmuːti/
Noun
muti (countable and uncountable, plural mutis)
- (South Africa) Traditional African medicine. [from 19th c.]
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 179:
- 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.
- 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 300:
- Lekota's handing on a plate ammunition against himself, scrapping our genuine African herb medicine, Affirmative Action, that national muti.
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 179:
Derived terms
- muti murder
- muti man, muti woman
Anagrams
- tumi
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈmu.ti/
Verb
muti
- first-person singular present subjunctive form of mutar
- third-person singular present subjunctive form of mutar
- third-person singular imperative form of mutar
Estonian
Noun
muti
- genitive singular of mutt
Hungarian
Etymology
Clipping and -i diminutive of mutasd (“show me”, definite second-person singular subjunctive of mutat).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmuti]
- Hyphenation: mu‧ti
- Rhymes: -ti
Interjection
muti
- (colloquial) show me, let me see (it)
- Synonyms: mutasd, hadd nézzem/lássam
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmu.ti/
- Rhymes: -uti
- Hyphenation: mù‧ti
Adjective
muti m pl
- masculine plural of muto
Verb
muti
- inflection of mutare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Latin
Adjective
mūtī
- inflection of mūtus:
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
- genitive masculine/neuter singular
Latvian
Noun
muti f
- accusative singular form of mute
- instrumental singular form of mute
Mwani
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́.
Noun
muti class 3 (plural miuti)
- tree
Old Prussian
Noun
muti
- Alternative form of mūti
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́.
Noun
múti class 3 (plural míti class 4)
- tree
Inflection
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Serbo-Croatian
Verb
muti (Cyrillic spelling мути)
- inflection of mutiti:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Shona
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́.
Noun
mutí class 3 (plural mití class 4)
- tree
- medicine
- Synonym: mushonga
Sicilian
Adjective
muti
- plural of mutu
Tsonga
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gìɪ̀.
Noun
muti class 3 (plural miti class 4)
- village