induna

• inDuna

Borrowed from Zulu induna.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈduːnə/

induna (plural indunas or izinduna)

1. A South African tribal councillor or headman (under the king); someone in authority, a boss.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 75:

     Although we swore this fellow to secrecy, he went straight to the induna and revealed our secret.

• Induan, Undina

• nduna (chiefly informal, after a vowel)

Borrowed from Sicilian *indunàrisi, obsolete form of addunàrisi, from Old Occitan. Compare Catalan endonar-se alongside usual adonar-se.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈduː.na/

induna (imperfect jinduna)

1. to notice, realise

induna^? class 9 (plural izinduna class 10)

1. chief

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• indua (Campidanese)

• IPA^(key): /inˈduna/

induna

1. (Logudorese, Nuorese) Alternative form of in d'una, only used in induna-induna

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

induna^? class 9 (plural iinduna class 10)

1. headman, foreman

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

induna^? class 9 (plural iinduna class 10)

1. headman

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /índúːna/

índúna class 9 (plural ízindúna class 10)

1. male animal
2. headman

• → Afrikaans: indoena
• → English: induna

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-duna”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-duna (2.4.9)”
• Daniel Silverman (1996). Tone Displacement in Zulu, and the Maintenance of Contrasts. San Diego, CA.