doti

doti (plural dotis)

1. Alternative form of dhoti

• doit, do it

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [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^[1], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     da djari habi bunne dotti

     The garden has good soil.

   • 1962, Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout, “winti”, in soela‎^[2], 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. native soil
   • 1855, Hendrik Charles Focke, Neger-Engelsch woordenboek‎^[3], Leiden: P.H. van den Heuvell:

     Mi de go na mi dótti

     I am going to my native soil.

   • 1974 June 29, Fred W. Omskirk Sr., “Manspasi”, in Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname‎^[4], page 1:

     Ef mi ben sab pe joe grebi de, / mi gran afo, di krodong tjari / kon na Sranan, / so farawe fjoe eegi doti, / biten tédei, Manspasidei / psa hondro jari di keti koti, / mi ben sa saka libi foto, / mi ben sa pari mi eegi boto / f'kon saka kiendie na joe sei.

     [Efu mi ben sabi pe yu grebi de / mi gran afo, di krodon tyari / kon na Sranan, / so farawe fu yu eigi doti / biten tide, Manspasidei / psa hondro yari di keti koti / mi ben sa saka libi foto / mi ben sa pari mi eigi boto / fu kon saka kindi na yu sei.]

     If I knew where your grave was, my grand ancestor, whom forced labour / brought to Suriname / so far away from your own native soil, / early today, Emancipation Day / hundred years after the chains were broken, / I would have left the city, / I would have paddled my own boat / to come and kneel by your side.

3. 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