doti

English: ‘dirty’.

See original Mihalic entry.

Modifier forms

  1. Physical state: dirty
    han bilong yu i doti tumas your hands are very dirty

Noun forms

  1. Physical world: dirt
    i gat doti longen it has dirt on it
    tekewe doti long pes bilong em remove the dirt from his face

  1. Supernatural world: anything obtained from a sorcery victim (such as hair, spittle, fingernail cuttings, urine, scraps of clothing, leftover food, and cigarette butts) for the purpose of practising sorcery on them.

Noun combination forms

  1. Geography: doti wara the Sepik River

  1. Ethnic identifier: doti wara a person from East Sepik Province

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