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muawi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
muawi
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The name used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for a poisonous tree native to Mozambique whose bark was being studied for its pharmaceutical properties. Later sources determined it to be the same as sassywood, Erythrophleum suaveolens, to which it was often compared by earlier writers.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jábì Swahili mwavibor.? English muawi From Swahili mwavi or a cognate in some other Bantu language.

Origin

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Usage

Derived Forms

muawine

Questions

What does muawi mean?
The name used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for a poisonous tree native to Mozambique whose bark was being studied for its pharmaceutical properties. Later sources determined it to be the same as sassywood, Erythrophleum suaveolens, to which it was often compared by earlier writers.
Where does muawi come from?
It is traced to Swahili.

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