English

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Etymology 1

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According to one source, from the Twi Akan word dutty (ground).[1] Probably reinforced by the English terms dirt, dirty.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dutty

  1. (Jamaica) The ground.
    • 1966, Miss Lou, Dutty Tough:
      Rain a fall but dutty tough

Adjective

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dutty (comparative duttier, superlative duttiest)

  1. (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.
    • 2020, Lil Slipz of Hoxton (lyrics and music), “EC1 Block Bully”‎[1], 2:35:
      This nasty bitch is too dutty
      Why is the bitch so on me?

References

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  1. ^ Anti-Colonialism and Education, G. J. Dei, →ISBN, page 198

Etymology 2

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Noun

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dutty (plural dutties)

  1. Alternative form of dhoti

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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From English dirty and, possibly, from Akan dɔte. Compare Sranan Tongo doti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdʌtɪ/
  • Hyphenation: du‧tty

Adjective

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dutty

  1. 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

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dutty

  1. ground, earth, land, dirt (soil)
    Rain a fall, but dutty tough.
    The rain's falling but the land is hard and dry.

Verb

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dutty

  1. dirty, make dirty, soil, spoil
    Nuh dutty up Jamaica!
    Don't spoil Jamaica's beauty!

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