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dagga¹

  • /ˈdaɡə/ General South African
  • /ˈdaxa/ General South African

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Afrikaans dagga, from Khoekhoe daxab.

noun daggas

  1. Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, countable, uncountable Indian hemp, Cannabis sativa subsp. indica, or a similar plant of the species Leonotis leonurus. He started to supplement them by smuggling dagga, and soon found it so profitable that he left the factory altogether.

dagga²

  • /ˈdɑːɡə/ UK

Where it comes from

From Shona dhaka.

noun

  1. South Africa, uncountable Cement.

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noun dagga

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"dagga." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dagga. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dagga. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dagga

Chicago

"dagga." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dagga.

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@misc{dagga_2026,
  title = {dagga},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dagga},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}