Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muti

/ˈmuːti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: mu-ti
IPA: /ˈmuːti/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Traditional African medicine.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname from Italian.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Lekota's handing on a plate ammunition against himself, scrapping our genuine African herb medicine, Affirmative Action, that national muti."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́ Zulu úmuthíbor. English muti Borrowed from Zulu úmuthí (“shrub, tree, medicine”), from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: Muti

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈmuːti/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mutis (plural)

Phrases

muti murder muti man muti woman

Frequently Paired Words

Mutti

Rhymes With

djibouti beauty duty booty cutie fruity snooty cootie tutti-frutti agouti patootie pampootie

Questions

How do you pronounce muti?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmuːti/.
What does muti mean?: Traditional African medicine.
Where does muti come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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