dutty
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
According to one source, from the Twi Akan word dutty (“ground”).[1] Probably reinforced by the English terms dirt, dirty.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dutty
Adjective edit
dutty (comparative duttier, superlative duttiest)
- (Jamaica, colloquial; MLE and MTE, slang) dirty
- 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 10:
- Let that be a lesson to never take you dutty, stinking, ghetto self uptown again.
References edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
dutty (plural dutties)
- Alternative form of dhoti
Jamaican Creole edit
Etymology edit
From English dirty and, possibly, from Akan dɔte. Compare Sranan Tongo doti.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dutty
- dirty, messy, soiled, unclean, nasty
- Mi have wah dutty mix-up fi gi yuh.
- I have a nasty piece of gossip to share with you.
- But of all de house pon de road, me notice dis one das hab a whole heap a dutty boot line off pon de mat pon de veranda.
- I noticed one house on the street which had several dirty shoes side-by-side on a mat on the porch.
Noun edit
dutty
- ground, earth, land, dirt (soil)
- Rain a fall, but dutty tough.
- The rain's falling but the land is hard and dry.
Verb edit
dutty
- dirty, make dirty, soil, spoil
- Nuh dutty up Jamaica!
- Don't spoil Jamaica's beauty!
Further reading edit
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 209
- dutty – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary