different between dagga vs daggy

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Afrikaans dagga, from Khoekhoe daxab.

Pronunciation

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /?da??/, /?daxa/

Noun

dagga (countable and uncountable, plural daggas)

1. (South Africa, Zimbabwe) Indian hemp, Cannabis sativa indica, or a similar plant of the genus Leonotis.
   • 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

Etymology 2

From Shona dhaka.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d????/

Noun

dagga (uncountable)

1. (South Africa) Cement.

Translations

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Khoekhoe daxab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da.?a/

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): /?d?.?a?/
• Hyphenation: dag?ga

Noun

dagga m (uncountable)

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

Icelandic

Etymology

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

dagga

1. indefinite genitive plural of dögg

English

Etymology

dag +? -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?dæ?i/
• Rhymes: -æ?i

Adjective

daggy (comparative daggier or more daggy, superlative daggiest or most daggy)

1. (Australian slang) Uncool, unfashionable, but comfortably so.
   • 2008, Bella Vendramini, Biting the Big Apple: A Memoir of Life, Love (okay and Sex) in New York City, unnumbered page,

     I began to feel even more daggy when Bianca swanned me around to meet her sexy, skinny and beautiful friends.