different between dutty vs cutty

English

Etymology

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

Noun

dutty

1. (Jamaican) The ground.
   • 1966, Miss Lou, Dutty Tough

     Rain a fall but dutty tough

Adjective

dutty

1. (Britain, slang) dirty
2. (Jamaican) dirty

References

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English dirty and, possibly, from Akan d?te.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?t?/
• Hyphenation: du?tty

Adjective

dutty

1. dirty, messy, soiled, unclean, nasty

Noun

dutty

1. ground, earth, land, dirt (soil)

Verb

dutty

1. dirty, make dirty, soil, spoil

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 209
• dutty – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

English

Alternative forms

• cuttie

Etymology

cut +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?ti/

Adjective

cutty (comparative more cutty, superlative most cutty)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.
2. (of audio or video) Having many cuts.
3. Sharp, cutting easily.

Derived terms

Noun

cutty (plural cutties)

1. (Scotland) A short spoon.
2. (Scotland) A short tobacco pipe; a cutty-pipe.
3. (Scotland, archaic) A wanton or unchaste woman.
4. (Scotland, archaic) A girl with a short, dumpy figure.

See also

• cutty grass

References

• John Jamieson (1825) A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement [1]

Scots

Etymology

From cut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?t?/, /?k?ti/

Adjective

cutty (comparative mair cutty, superlative maist cutty)

1. short, stumpy

Noun

cutty (plural cutties)

1. (archaic) child