different between dagga vs insangu

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

From Zulu insangu.

Noun

insangu (uncountable)

1. (South Africa) Any particular plant which is smoked as a recreational drug, especially (wild) hemp.

See also

• marijuana, cannabis, Appendix:Cannabis slang
• dagga (South Africa)

Anagrams

• Guinans, guanins

Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ínsa?n?ú/

Noun

ínsangú 9

1. cannabis, hemp

Inflection

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “-nsangu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “-nsangu (2.3-8.8-3)”