Meaning
A nightgown or nightdress — the loose, light garment a woman or girl sleeps in. 'Put on yuh nightie an go bed' is a familiar bedtime line to a child, and the word is a plain, homely household term. It belongs to the everyday vocabulary of dressing, washing, and bedtime, and, like 'frock' and 'merino', it is one of the settled old English clothing words kept in comfortable, ordinary use in Jamaican speech.
Examples
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Change inna yuh nightie fi bed.
Change into your nightgown for bed.
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She come to di door inna har nightie.
She came to the door in her nightdress.
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Granny wear a long cotton nightie.
Granny wears a long cotton nightgown.
Origin
From 'nightgown' → 'nightie'; the everyday word for a woman's sleeping gown.
How it’s used
A woman's nightgown/nightdress. Compare 'marina' (men's singlet), 'baggy'.