dutty
English
Etymology 1
According to one source, from the Twi Akan word dutty (“ground”).[1] Probably reinforced by the English terms dirt, dirty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʌti/
- Rhymes: -ʌti
Noun
dutty
- (Jamaica) The ground.
- 1966, Miss Lou, Dutty Tough
- Rain a fall but dutty tough
- 1966, Miss Lou, Dutty Tough
Adjective
dutty
- (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”, 2:35:
- This nasty bitch is too dutty
Why is the bitch so on me?
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References
- Anti-Colonialism and Education, G. J. Dei, →ISBN, page 198
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
- 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
dutty
- ground, earth, land, dirt (soil)
- Rain a fall, but dutty tough.
- The rain's falling but the land is hard and dry.
Verb
dutty
- dirty, make dirty, soil, spoil
- Nuh dutty up Jamaica!
- Don't spoil Jamaica's beauty!
Further reading
- Richard Allsopp, editor, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 1996 (2003 printing), →ISBN, page 209
- dutty – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary