Moloi vs Mooli - What's the difference?
moloi | mooli |
(Southern Africa) A magician, witch, wizard, or other magic-user, especially in traditional tribal society.
* 1846 , Missionary Register , p. 35:
* 1934 , Essays presented to CG Seligman , Edward Evans-Pritchard, p. 295:
* 1906 , James Frazer, The Golden Bough , Book III, p. 104:
* 1994 , Bret Galloway, Balck Papyrus , Unlimited Publishing 2003, p. 66:
, particularly its Indian varieties.
*1868 , B.H. Powell, Handbk. Econ. Products Punjab , I. iii. 260/1
*:Fresh vegetables... most in use among natives are—Gájar, carrot... Múlí , radish (Raphanus sativus , ).
*1981 February 1 , N.Y. Times , 17/1
*:Particularly delicious was mooli stuffed paratha—rich, flaky and filled with a fragrant grated radish mixture.
*1996 February 4 , Sunday Telegraph , 33/1
*:This is thanks to the introduction of a wider range of radish varieties into supermarkets, especially the long-rooted ‘mooli ’ types from Japan.
As nouns the difference between moloi and mooli
is that moloi is (southern africa) a magician, witch, wizard, or other magic-user, especially in traditional tribal society while mooli is , particularly its indian varieties.moloi
English
Noun
(baloi)- At dead of night the baloi issue forth from their homes.
- Sometimes the moloi conceals a bundle of rags containing "doctored" roots and other substances in the eaves of his victim's hut [...].
- The graves of Basuto chiefs are kept secret lest certain more or less imaginary witches and wizards called Baloi , who haunt tombs, should get possession of the bones and work magic with them.
- And time and again they have told me one thing – this woman is not a moloi .