"muti" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmuːti/ [UK] Forms: mutis [plural]
Rhymes: -uːti Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́ Zulu úmuthíbor. English muti Borrowed from Zulu úmuthí (“shrub, tree, medicine”), from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|zu:úmuthí<t:shrub, tree, medicine>|text=++|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́ Zulu úmuthíbor. English muti [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "shrub, tree, medicine", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*mʊ̀tɪ́", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Zulu", "term" : "úmuthí", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "zu" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "muti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="muti"> Borrowed from Zulu úmuthí (“shrub, tree, medicine”), from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} muti (countable and uncountable, plural mutis)
  1. (South Africa) Traditional African medicine. Tags: South-Africa, countable, uncountable Derived forms: muti murder, muti man, muti woman

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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