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)

1. (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia) Indian hemp, Cannabis sativa subsp. indica, or a similar plant of the species Leonotis leonurus.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: 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, chapter 7, in Mason & Dixon, 1st US edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, part One: Latitudes and Departures, page 65:

     A few basic points, Sir. First, no unnatural Activities. Second, no Opium, no Dagga, no Ardent Spirits, no Wine, and so on.

Derived terms

• wild dagga (Leonotis leonurus)

Translations

dagga

• Russian: тра́вка (ru) f (trávka)

Etymology 2

From Shona dhaka.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːɡə/

Noun

dagga (uncountable)

1. (South Africa) Cement.

Translations

cement — see cement

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Khoekhoe daxab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.χa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

dagga (uncountable)

1. cannabis

Derived terms

• daggazol

Descendants

• → Dutch: dagga
• → English: dagga
• → German: Dagga

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

dagga

1. turtle

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans dagga, from Khoekhoe daxab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.ɣaː/
• Hyphenation: dag‧ga

Noun

dagga m (uncountable)

1. (rare) cannabis, weed [from early 20th c.]

Icelandic

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dagga

1. indefinite genitive plural of dögg