mwavi

Chichewa

Alternative forms

  • mwabvi (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jábì (“poison ordeal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʷa.ví/

Noun

mwaví class 3

  1. a poison used to test a person's innocence

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jábì (“poison ordeal”).

Noun

mwavi class III (plural miwavi class IV)

  1. sassywood (Erythrophleum suaveolens), ordeal tree
    1. (by extension) poison ordeal

References

  • Johnson, Frederick (1939), A Standard Swahili-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jábì (“poison ordeal”).

Noun

mwavi class 3 (plural miyavi class 4)

  1. a poison used to test someone's innocence, an ordeal poison.

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, page 3
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