different between dagga vs ragga

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

Noun

ragga (uncountable)

1. (music) a subgenre of reggae that incorporates hip hop, rhythm and blues and sampling; dancehall

See also

• raga

Anagrams

• Gagra

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?.?a/
• Rhymes: -a??a
• Hyphenation: ràg?ga

Noun

ragga m (uncountable)

1. Clipping of raggamuffin (“ragga”).

References

• ragga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Swedish

Etymology

Definitions 1-3 originate from ragg (“fur, bristles”). Definitions 4-5 are associated with the raggare subculture, possibly from trucker slang (åkarslang) ragga (upp) ("to pick something or someone up").

Verb

ragga (present raggar, preterite raggade, supine raggat, imperative ragga)

1. (dialect, Småland: gå å ragga) to go around untidy, uncombed, hair hanging down
2. (reflexive, dialect, Hälsingland: ragga sej) to regret
3. (ragga till) to bristle
4. to search, look for, hit on, pick up (women, in cars)
5. to search, look for, recruit (sponsors, supporters, new members)
   • 2009, Sydöstran (newspaper), December 2

     BTH raggar studenter i Lettland och Litauen

     Blekinge Institute of Technology recruits students in Latvia and Lithuania

Conjugation

References