dagga
See also: Dagga
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Afrikaans dagga, from Khoekhoe daxab.
Pronunciation
- (General South African) IPA(key): /ˈdaɡə/, /ˈdaxa/
South Africa (file)
Noun
dagga (countable and uncountable, plural daggas)
- (South Africa, Zimbabwe) Indian hemp, Cannabis sativa subsp. indica, or a similar plant of the species Leonotis leonurus.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 217:
- He started to supplement them by smuggling dagga, and soon found it so profitable that he left the factory altogether.
- 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, 1st US edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
- A few basic points, Sir. First, no unnatural Activities. Second, no Opium, no Dagga, no Ardent Spirits, no Wine, and so on.
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Derived terms
- wild dagga (Leonotis leonurus)
Translations
dagga
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Etymology 2
From Shona dhaka.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɑːɡə/
Noun
dagga (uncountable)
- (South Africa) Cement.
Translations
cement — see cement
Afrikaans
Etymology
Borrowed from Khoekhoe daxab.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈda.χa/
Audio (file)
Noun
dagga (uncountable)
- cannabis
Derived terms
- daggazol
Descendants
- → Dutch: dagga
- → English: dagga
- → German: Dagga
Dupaningan Agta
Noun
dagga
- turtle
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans dagga, from Khoekhoe daxab.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.ɣaː/
- Hyphenation: dag‧ga
Noun
dagga m (uncountable)
- (rare) cannabis, weed [from early 20th c.]
Icelandic
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
dagga
- indefinite genitive plural of dögg