dutty

== English == === Etymology 1 === According to one source, from the Twi Akan word dutty (“ground”). Probably reinforced by the English terms dirt, dirty. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈdʌti/ Rhymes: -ʌti ==== Noun ==== dutty (Jamaica) The ground. ==== Adjective ==== dutty (comparative duttier, superlative duttiest) (Jamaica, colloquial; MLE and MTE, slang) dirty ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== dutty (plural dutties) Alternative form of dhoti. == Jamaican Creole == === Etymology === From English dirty and, possibly, from Akan dɔte. Compare Sranan Tongo doti. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdʌtɪ/ Hyphenation: du‧tty === Adjective === dutty dirty, messy, soiled, unclean, nasty === Noun === dutty ground, earth, land, dirt (soil) === Verb === dutty dirty, make dirty, soil, spoil === Further reading === 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