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doti

See also: dotî

English

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Noun

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doti (plural dotis)

  1. Alternative form of dhoti

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Verb

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doti

  1. inflection of dotar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

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Noun

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doti f

  1. plural of dote

Verb

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doti

  1. inflection of dotare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

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Latin

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Noun

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dōtī

  1. dative singular of dōs

Latvian

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Participle

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doti

  1. nominative plural masculine of dots

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English dirt, dirty and possibly Akan dɔte (“earth, clay, soil, dust”). Compare Jamaican Creole dutty.

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Noun

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doti

  1. earth, soil, ground
    • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎[1]:
      da djari habi bunne dotti
      The garden has good soil.
    • 1855, Hendrik Charles Focke, Neger-Engelsch woordenboek [Negro English Dictionary]‎[2], Leiden: P.H. van den Heuvell:
      Mi de go na mi dótti
      I am going to my native soil.
    • 1962, Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout, “winti [Wind]”, in soela‎[3], Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, page 13:
      a mindri liba / d'e drai tron wan kolkoe / a mi ati lanpe / e broko mi djodjo / saka gi doti
      The middle of the river / that revolves into becoming a whirlpool / at my heart's landing / brings down my guardian spirit / for the earth
    • 1974, Lieve Hugo (lyrics and music), “Blaka Rosoe”, in Lieve Hugo – King Of Kasèko:
      Sonte prakseri de a neti / Mi tu ai trowe watra / A tapu na doti pe mi nanga yu / Pe mi nanga yu ben bosi, brasa
      There might be memories at night / Both my eyes shed tears / Onto the very ground where me and you / Where me and you kissed, embraced
  2. dirt, rubbish

Adjective

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doti

  1. dirty

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindi धोती (dhotī).

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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doti (n class, plural doti)

  1. a measure of cloth, about four yards in length
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