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muti S. Afr.|ˈmuːtɪ|
Also 9 booti, mooti.
[ad. Zulu umuthi tree, plant, medicine.]
Medicine; a medicinal charm (used esp. by a medicine-man or witch-doctor).
1831W. B. Boyce Jrnl. 23 June in A. Steedman Wanderings & Adventures in S. Afr. (1835) II. 282 He mentioned the report of Mr. Shepstone having sent men on horseback to plant booti (bewitching matter) upon his place. 1891R. Monteiro Delagoa Bay viii. 172 They [sc. the Kaffirs] don't mind saying some are used as ‘mooti’, physic. 1911State Dec. 659 (Pettman), He produced a few pinches of powder from the muti bag suspended round his neck. 1947Cape Times 10 May 1/1 It was thought that the plant had been killed out by witchdoctors, who consider it an important ingredient of a powerful muti. 1957J. Packer Nor Moon by Night xviii. 176 He may have made muti of that boy's eyes and tongue. Ibid. xxvi. 234 This muti is like the bite of a cobra—it makes a man sleep. 1971Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. 20/3 The club which has often used the rolling of the bones to forecast the results of vital matches need some new ‘muti’ to revive their form. |