doti

doti (plural dotis)

1. Alternative form of dhoti

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈdɔ.ti]

doti

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

doti f

1. plural of dote

doti

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

• Todi, dito

dōtī

1. dative singular of dōs

doti

1. nominative plural masculine of dots

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.ti/

doti

1. earth, soil, ground
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎:

     da djari habi bunne dotti

     The garden has good soil.

   • 1855, Hendrik Charles Focke, Neger-Engelsch woordenboek [Negro English Dictionary]‎, 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, 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

doti

1. dirty

Borrowed from Hindi धोती (dhotī).

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doti (n class, plural doti)

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