Swahili
mkuyati
m-koo-YAH-tee
How to say it
Swahilimkuyatim-koo-YAH-teesoon
Englishaphrodisiacsoon
Frenchaphrodisiaquesoon
Meaning
a medicinal preparation believed to restore sexual vigor, a tonic or aphrodisiac.
Good to know
found in traditional-medicine contexts (dawa za kienyeji); a man might be teased for needing one.
Examples
- Babu alinunua mkuyati sokoni.Grandfather bought a restorative tonic at the market.
- Je, mkuyati huu unauzwa wapi?Where is this tonic sold?
- Hakuna mkuyati unaoweza kumsaidia kama hana afya njema.No tonic can help him if he isn't otherwise healthy.
- Waganga wa kienyeji hutengeneza mkuyati kwa mizizi mbalimbali.Traditional healers make restorative tonics from various roots.
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