Swahili
hoto
HOH-toh
How to say it
SwahilihotoHOH-tohsoon
Englishfertility medicinesoon
Frenchremède contre la stérilitésoon
Meaning
medicine used against infertility, especially to help induce pregnancy.
Good to know
Appears in dawa ya hoto la uzazi, 'medicine for inducing pregnancy'.
Examples
- Mganga alimpa mwanamke dawa ya hoto.The healer gave the woman fertility medicine.
- Walitafuta hoto ili kupata mtoto.They sought fertility medicine in order to have a child.
- Dawa ya hoto la uzazi ilitumika kwa miaka mingi kijijini.Fertility medicine for conception was used for many years in the village.
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