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Muti (other)
A muti is a term for traditional medicine in Southern Africa. Muti may also refer to: People *al-Muti (914–974), Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad *Muti Randolph, Brazilian architect *Abdullah-Al-Muti (1930–1998), Bangladeshi educationist, scientist and writer Surname *Abd Allah ibn Muti (died 692), Qurayshi governor of Kufa *Ibn Muti al-Zawawi (1168–1232), medieval Muslim grammarian *Tiberio Muti (1574–1636), Roman Catholic cardinal *Valeriano Muti (died 1610), Roman Catholic bishop *Ettore Muti (1902–1943), Italian Fascist politician *Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi (born 1935), Egyptian poet *Abdelkrim Motii (born 1935), Algerian schoolteacher and politician *Riccardo Muti (born 1941), conductor *Zayd Mutee' Dammajj (1943–2000), Yemeni author and politician *Ornella Muti (born 1955), actress *Netane Muti (born 1999), Tongan-American football player Places *Palazzo Muti, Rome, Italy; an historic house *Villa Muti, Frascati, Italy; a historic villa *Muti, Estonia, a village Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muti
is a traditional medicine practice in Southern Africa as far north as Lake Tanganyika. Name In South African English, the word is derived from the Zulu/Xhosa/ Northern Ndebele , meaning 'tree', whose root is . In Southern Africa, and other cognates of are in widespread use in most indigenous African languages as well as in South African English and Afrikaans, which sometimes use as a slang word for medicine in general. This noun is of the ''umu''/''imi'' class so the singular ('tree') is ''umuthi'' and the plural ('trees') is ''imithi''. Since the pronunciation of the initial vowel of this class is unstressed, the singular is sometimes pronounced ''muthi''. The word is rendered as ''muti'' by the historical effects of the British colonial spelling. In colloquial English and Afrikaans the word is often used to refer to medicines in general or medicines that have a 'miraculous' effect, e.g. * "" (The doctor rubbed on the wound and the next day it was completely healed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
