different between hemp vs dagga

English

Etymology

From Middle English hemp, hempe, henpe, henoppe, henepe, henep, hanep, from Old English henep, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

hemp (countable and uncountable, plural hemps)

1. A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
2. Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.

Derived terms

• hempen
• hempish
• hemplike
• hempy

See also

• cannabis
• marijuana
• ganja
• bhang
• THC

Translations

Anagrams

• meph

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hemd (“shirt”), from Middle Dutch hemde, hemede, from Old Dutch *hemithi, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþij?. Cognate with German Hemd, Yiddish ????? (hemd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mp/

Noun

hemp (plural hemde, diminutive hempie)

1. shirt
   • 2009, Christien Neser, Kondensmelk.

Usage notes

• Note that the original -d- resurfaces in the plural hemde, but not in the diminutive.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Northern Sotho: hempe
• ? Phuthi: ihhempe
• ? Shona: hembe
• ? Sotho: hempe
• ? Southern Ndebele: irhembe
• ? Tswana: hêmpê
• ? Venda: hemmbe
• ? Xhosa: ihempe
• ? Zulu: ihembe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hempe, henpe, henoppe, henepe, henep, hanep, henppe

Etymology

From Old English henep, hænep (“hemp”), from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz; cognate to Ancient Greek ???????? (kánnabis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?mp/, /?h?n(?)p/

Noun

hemp (uncountable)

1. Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
2. Hempen fibre or products made of it.

Derived terms

• hempen

Descendants

• English: hemp
• Scots: hemp, hempt

References

• “hemp, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-7.

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