diamba

See also: diámbá

English

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

• Madiba

Kongo

Noun

diamba class 5

1. hemp

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• liamba

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdjɐ̃.bɐ/

• 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