dagga
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See also: Dagga
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Afrikaans dagga, from Khoekhoe daxab.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General South African) IPA(key): /ˈdaɡə/, /ˈdaxa/
South Africa: (file)
Noun
[edit]dagga (countable and uncountable, plural daggas)
- (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
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dagga (uncountable)
Translations
[edit]cement — see cement
Afrikaans
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[edit]Noun
[edit]dagga (uncountable)
Derived terms
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[edit]Dupaningan Agta
[edit]Noun
[edit]dagga
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Afrikaans dagga, from Khoekhoe daxab.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dagga m (uncountable)
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]dagga
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