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‖ induna|ɪnˈduːnə|
Also 9 tuna, 9– indoona.
[Zulu in-duna officer of state or army under the chief, f. nominal inflex in- + stem duna (pl. izin-duna): cf. i-duna (pl. ama-duna) male, sire, lord, person of consequence having land and people under him.]
a. An officer under the king or chief of the Zulus, Matabele, and other South African peoples.
1835A. Smith Diary 19 June (1940) II. 79 Masalacatzie has two grades among his chiefs, viz.: numzan and tuna, the former the highest. 1837F. Owen Diary (1926) 28 A regiment is stationed at each town under several Indoonas or Captains. Ibid. 60 The King..was seated in his hut on a chair: his Indoonas were also present. a1875F. Oates Matabele Land (1889) 83 They call it [baobab tree] the ‘indunas’ tree; for here the indunas from the neighbouring kraals are wont to sit and drink beer when any thing particular is on hand. 1889Pall Mall G. 7 Mar. 6/3 Her Majesty talked some time with the indunas. 1897Rev. of Rev. 21 Lobengula's indunas are to have {pstlg}60 a year and a horse each. 1955E. A. Ritter Shaka Zulu xiii, These [soldiers] were now harangued for a considerable time by their fighting indunas or officers and given a discourse on new tactics. 1971Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) 24 May 1 In the Libode district unoccupied huts were set on fire by tribesmen. Recently a headman and his induna in the district were murdered.
b. transf. A person, especially a black person, in authority; a pundit.
1953P. Lanham Blanket Boy's Moon ii. iv. 116 A big factory, where he had obtained the job of Induna or head-boy. 1953F. Robb Sea Hunters iv. 28 On deck..Ndwe, the Induna or bossboy, heaved on the vang and centred the boom over the gaping hatchway. 1970News/Check (S. Afr.) 4 Sept. 9 This followed the attack on the Press by rugby induna Dr. Danie Craven for blowing up the incidents of rough play in the second Test. 1970W. Smith Gold Mine xxix. 72 The Old One, the Shangaan Induna, lived in a Company house. 1971in Towards Dict. S. Afr. Eng. 42 They have an induna there to hold you down while they X-ray you.
Hence inˈdunaship, the office or dignity of an induna.
1955in M. Gluckman Judicial Process among Barotse iii. 87 This is indunaship—this is ruling. |