muti
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Zulu úmuthí (“shrub, tree, medicine”), from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́.
Category:English terms borrowed from Zulu#MUTICategory:English terms derived from Zulu#MUTICategory:English terms derived from Proto-Bantu#MUTICategory:Pages with etymology trees#MUTICategory:English entries with etymology trees#MUTICategory:English entries with etymology texts#MUTICategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#MUTIPronunciation
Noun
muti (countable and uncountable, plural mutis)Category:English lemmas#MUTICategory:English nouns#MUTICategory:English uncountable nouns#MUTICategory:English countable nouns#MUTICategory:English countable nouns#MUTICategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
- (South AfricaCategory:South African English#MUTI) Traditional African medicine. [from 19th c.]
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 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.Category:English terms with quotations#MUTI
- 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury, published 2013, page 300:
- Lekota's handing on a plate ammunition against himself, scrapping our genuine African herb medicine, Affirmative Action, that national muti.Category:English terms with quotations#MUTI
Derived terms
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
mutiCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#MUTICategory:Catalan verb forms#MUTICategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
- inflection of mutar:
Estonian
Noun
mutiCategory:Estonian non-lemma forms#MUTICategory:Estonian noun forms#MUTICategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
Hungarian
Etymology
Clipping and -i diminutive ofCategory:Hungarian interjection clippings suffixed with -i (diminutive)#MUTI mutasd (“show me”, definite second-person singular subjunctive of mutat).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmuti]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#MUTI
- Hyphenation: mu‧ti
- Rhymes: -tiCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/ti#MUTI
Interjection
mutiCategory:Hungarian lemmas#MUTICategory:Hungarian interjections#MUTICategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
- (colloquialCategory:Hungarian colloquialisms#MUTI) show me, let me see (it)
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
muti m plCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#MUTICategory:Italian adjective forms#MUTICategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
Etymology 2
Verb
mutiCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#MUTICategory:Italian verb forms#MUTICategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
Latin
Adjective
mūtīCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#MUTICategory:Latin adjective forms#MUTICategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
Latvian
Noun
muti fCategory:Latvian non-lemma forms#MUTICategory:Latvian noun forms#MUTICategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
Mwani
Etymology
From Proto-BantuCategory:Mwani terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#MUTICategory:Mwani terms derived from Proto-Bantu#MUTI *mʊ̀tɪ́.
Noun
muti class 3 (plural miuti)Category:Mwani lemmas#MUTICategory:Mwani nouns#MUTICategory:Mwani class 3 nouns#MUTICategory:Mwani entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Mwani class 3 nouns#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
Category:wmw:Trees#MUTIOld Prussian
Noun
mutiCategory:Old Prussian lemmas#MUTICategory:Old Prussian nouns#MUTICategory:Old Prussian entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
- alternative form of mūti
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-BantuCategory:Phuthi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#MUTICategory:Phuthi terms derived from Proto-Bantu#MUTI *mʊ̀tɪ́.
Noun
múti class 3 (plural míti class 4)Category:Phuthi lemmas#MUTICategory:Phuthi nouns#MUTICategory:Phuthi class 3 nouns#MUTICategory:Phuthi entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Phuthi class 3 nouns#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
Inflection
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Category:Requests for inflections in Phuthi entries#MUTICategory:Requests for inflections in Phuthi entries#MUTISerbo-Croatian
Verb
muti (Cyrillic spelling мути)Category:Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms#MUTICategory:Serbo-Croatian verb forms#MUTICategory:Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian verb form entries#MUTICategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
- inflection of mutiti:
Shona
Etymology
From Proto-BantuCategory:Shona terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#MUTICategory:Shona terms derived from Proto-Bantu#MUTI *mʊ̀tɪ́.
Noun
mutí class 3 (plural mití class 4)Category:Shona lemmas#MUTICategory:Shona nouns#MUTICategory:Shona class 3 nouns#MUTICategory:Shona entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Shona class 3 nouns#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
Category:sn:Plants#MUTICategory:sn:Medicine#MUTISicilian
Adjective
mutiCategory:Sicilian non-lemma forms#MUTICategory:Sicilian adjective forms#MUTICategory:Sicilian entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
Spanish
Noun
muti m or f by sense (plural mutis)Category:Spanish lemmas#MUTICategory:Spanish nouns#MUTICategory:Spanish countable nouns#MUTICategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense#MUTICategory:Spanish masculine nouns#MUTICategory:Spanish feminine nouns#MUTICategory:Spanish nouns with multiple genders#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
Tsonga
Etymology
From Proto-BantuCategory:Tsonga terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#MUTICategory:Tsonga terms derived from Proto-Bantu#MUTI *mʊ̀gìɪ̀.
Noun
muti class 3 (plural miti class 4)Category:Tsonga lemmas#MUTICategory:Tsonga nouns#MUTICategory:Tsonga class 3 nouns#MUTICategory:Tsonga entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Tsonga class 3 nouns#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
Yoruba

Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
mutíCategory:Yoruba lemmas#MUTICategory:Yoruba verbs#MUTICategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#MUTICategory:Pages with entries#MUTICategory:Pages with 16 entries#MUTI
- to drink alcohol
- Ẹni tí ó mutí ogójì yóò sọ̀rọ̀ okòó
- One must reciprocate what they receive.
- (literally, “Whoever drinks alcohol to the value of forty must talk to the value of twenty”)