dagga

See also: Dagga

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Afrikaans dagga, from Khoekhoe daxab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɡə/, /ˈdaxa/

Noun

dagga (countable and uncountable, plural daggas)

1. (South Africa, Zimbabwe) Indian hemp, , or a similar plant of the genus .
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 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:

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

Translations

dagga

• Russian: тра́вка (ru) f (trávka)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Etymology 2

From Shona [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːɡə/

Noun

dagga (uncountable)

1. (South Africa) Cement.

Translations

dagga

• Russian: цеме́нт (ru) m (cemént)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

---

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Khoekhoe daxab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.χa/

Noun

dagga (uncountable)

1. cannabis

Derived terms

• daggazol

Descendants

• → Dutch: dagga
• → English: 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

1. indefinite genitive plural of dögg