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muti¹

  • /ˈmuːti/ UK

Rhymes with -uːti

Where it comes from

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

noun mutis

  1. South Africa, countable, uncountable Traditional African medicine. 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.

Muti²

Where it comes from

(surname): Borrowed from Italian Muti

proper noun Mutis

  1. A surname from Italian.

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"muti." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/muti. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

muti. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/muti

Chicago

"muti." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/muti.

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@misc{muti_2026,
  title = {muti},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/muti},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}