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ID #2392

kaya

/káya/ [evidently a Jam, word associated with Rastafarians; cf. Bob Marley album Kaya with cover picturing a marijuana plant; cf. DJE kaya weed with 3-part leaf; cf. Kongo kaya to collect medicinal leaves (Turner 1949:107) and Common Bantu *-káyá leaf, tobacco leaf (Carter p.c.)] n. a marijuana cigarette. (Black)

Tags: Jamaican, noun, Rastafarianism

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Last update: 2010-10-29 17:11
Author: Holm and Shilling, DBE, 1982
Revision: 1.0

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