miavi

How to say it

Meaning

Trees with poisonous bark, formerly used to prepare a poison drunk in a trial by ordeal.

Good to know

plural of mwavi (m-/mw- class); a historical, ethnobotanical term.

Examples

• Wazee wa zamani walijua miavi ipi ni sumu kali.The elders of old knew which poison trees were highly toxic.
• Je, miavi bado inapatikana msituni?Are poison trees still found in the forest?
• Miavi haikutumiwa tena baada ya desturi ile kupigwa marufuku.Poison trees were no longer used after that custom was banned.