"natty" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈnatɪ/
Etymology: From English knotty. Etymology templates: {{der|jam|en|knotty}} English knotty Head templates: {{head|jam|adjective|head=natty}} natty, {{jam-adj}} natty
  1. dreadlocked, knotty, nappy
    Sense id: en-natty-jam-adj-9l7iw4h7

Noun

IPA: /ˈnatɪ/ Forms: natty dem [plural], natty [quantified]
Etymology: From English knotty. Etymology templates: {{der|jam|en|knotty}} English knotty Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=natty}} natty, {{jam-noun}} natty (plural natty dem, quantified natty)
  1. Abbreviation of natty dreadlocks. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: natty dreadlocks
    Sense id: en-natty-jam-noun-KIg23hCu Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header: 19 52 28

Verb

IPA: /ˈnatɪ/
Etymology: From English knotty. Etymology templates: {{der|jam|en|knotty}} English knotty Head templates: {{head|jam|verb}} natty, {{jam-verb}} natty
  1. to grow dreadlocks; to grow locks Derived forms: natty dread, natty dreadlocks
    Sense id: en-natty-jam-verb-5yqtAmMn
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          "text": "What a way yuh 'ead natty.",
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        },
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          "english": "Dreadlocked with a scruffy beard. […]",
          "ref": "2010, Mel Cooke, “Mid-90s Rasta revolution withers”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in Jamaican Creole):",
          "text": "“Natty natty pon head, picky picky dung a chin. […]”",
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          "text": "“By his deeds shall a man be known\nNatty up your head and worship Babylon throne […]”",
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