diamba

See also: diámbá

English

Etymology

Noun

diamba (uncountable)

  1. (Africa) marijuana
    • 1863, Robert Clarke, “Sketches of the Colony of Sierra Leone and its Inhabitants”, in Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London‎[1], volume 2, page 357:
      They are much addicted to smoking diamba, but many of the other Africans at Sierra Leone likewise indulge in it.
    • 1893, Heli Chatelain, “Bantu Notes and Vocabularies”, in Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York‎[2], volume 25, number 4, page 521:
      On his safe return, loaded with the white man's things, Kishimbu ascribed his good fortune to the inspiration of diamba-smoke. He advised all his people to adopt diamba smoking as a national custom […]

Anagrams

Kongo

Noun

diamba class 5

  1. hemp

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.bɐ/ [d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.bɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.bɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.ba/ [d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.ba], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.ba/

  • Hyphenation: di‧am‧ba

Noun

diamba f (plural diambas)

  1. (Angola, Brazil) cannabis (plant)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:canábis
  2. (Angola, Brazil) cannabis (drug)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:canábis
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