Swahili
punyu
PU-nyu
How to say it
SwahilipunyuPU-nyusoon
Englishsnakebite remedysoon
Frenchremède anti-veninsoon
Meaning
a traditional herbal remedy used to treat snakebites.
Good to know
Refers to traditional or folk medicine, used in rural or traditional healing contexts.
Examples
- Babu alitumia punyu kumtibu aliyeumwa na nyoka.Grandfather used the snakebite remedy to treat the person bitten by a snake.
- Je, unajua punyu ya kienyeji?Do you know the traditional snakebite remedy?
- Hospitalini hawatumii punyu tena.At the hospital, they no longer use the traditional remedy.
- Wataalamu wa mitishamba watatengeneza punyu mpya.The herbalists will prepare a new snakebite remedy.
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