ragga

See also: Ragga and raggá

English

Noun

ragga (uncountable)

  1. (music) a subgenre of reggae that incorporates hip hop, rhythm and blues and sampling; dancehall

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Swedish

Etymology

Definitions 1-3 originate from ragg (“fur, bristles”). Definitions 4-5 are associated with a 1950s subculture of raggare. Swedish Wikipedia mentions that ragga is trucker slang (åkarslang), but doesn't cite any source.

Verb

ragga (present raggar, preterite raggade, supine raggat, imperative ragga)

  1. (dialectal, Småland: gå å ragga) to go around untidy, uncombed, hair hanging down[1]
  2. (reflexive, dialectal, Hälsingland: ragga sej) to regret[2]
  3. (ragga till) to bristle[3]
  4. to search, look for, hit on, pick up (women, in cars)[4]
  5. to search, look for, recruit (sponsors, supporters, new members)
    • 2009, Sydöstran (newspaper), December 2
      BTH raggar studenter i Lettland och Litauen
      Blekinge Institute of Technology recruits students in Latvia and Lithuania

Conjugation
Conjugation of ragga (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive ragga raggas
Present tense raggar raggas
Past tense raggade raggades
Supine raggat raggats
Imperative ragga —
Present participle raggande
Past participle raggad

References
  1. RAGG: RAGGA 2 in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)
  2. RAGGA SEJ in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)
  3. "Ragg: avledning Ragga" in ragga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online. (letter R edited in 1956)
  4. ragga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
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