indunan.

Brit.

/ɪnˈduːnə/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈdunə/

Forms: Also 1800s tuna, 1800s– indoona.

Etymology: Zulu in-duna officer of state or army under the chief, < nominal inflex in- + stem duna (plural izin-duna): compare i-duna (plural 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.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > high officials of state > [noun] > in South Africa

induna1835

1835 A. Smith Diary 19 June (1940) II. 79 Masalacatzie has two grades among his chiefs, viz.: numzan and tuna, the former the highest.

1837 F. Owen Diary (1926) 28 A regiment is stationed at each town under several Indoonas or Captains.

1837 F. Owen Diary (1926) 60 The King..was seated in his hut on a chair: his Indoonas were also present.

a1875 F. 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.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Mar. 6/3 Her Majesty talked some time with the indunas.

1897 Rev. of Reviews 21 Lobengula's indunas are to have £60 a year and a horse each.

1955 E. 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.

1971 Daily Dispatch (East London, 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. transferred. A person, especially a black person, in authority; a pundit.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > black

induna1953

1953 ‘P. Lanham’ & A. S. Mopeli-Paulus Blanket Boy's Moon ii. iv. 116 A big factory, where he had obtained the job of Induna or head-boy.

1953 F. Robb Sea Hunters iv. 28 On deck..Ndwe, the Induna or bossboy, heaved on the vang and centred the boom over the gaping hatchway.

1970 News/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.

1970 W. Smith Gold Mine xxix. 72 The Old One, the Shangaan Induna, lived in a Company house.

1971 in Towards Dict. S. Afr. Eng. 42 They have an induna there to hold you down while they X-ray you.

Derivatives

inˈdunaship n. the office or dignity of an induna.

ΚΠ

1955 in M. Gluckman Judicial Process among Barotse iii. 87 This is indunaship—this is ruling.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	induna
释义	indunan. Brit. /ɪnˈduːnə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈdunə/ Forms: Also 1800s tuna, 1800s– indoona. Etymology: Zulu in-duna officer of state or army under the chief, < nominal inflex in- + stem duna (plural izin-duna): compare i-duna (plural 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. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > high officials of state > [noun] > in South Africa induna1835 1835 A. Smith Diary 19 June (1940) II. 79 Masalacatzie has two grades among his chiefs, viz.: numzan and tuna, the former the highest. 1837 F. Owen Diary (1926) 28 A regiment is stationed at each town under several Indoonas or Captains. 1837 F. Owen Diary (1926) 60 The King..was seated in his hut on a chair: his Indoonas were also present. a1875 F. 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. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Mar. 6/3 Her Majesty talked some time with the indunas. 1897 Rev. of Reviews 21 Lobengula's indunas are to have £60 a year and a horse each. 1955 E. 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. 1971 Daily Dispatch (East London, 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. transferred. A person, especially a black person, in authority; a pundit. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > black induna1953 1953 ‘P. Lanham’ & A. S. Mopeli-Paulus Blanket Boy's Moon ii. iv. 116 A big factory, where he had obtained the job of Induna or head-boy. 1953 F. Robb Sea Hunters iv. 28 On deck..Ndwe, the Induna or bossboy, heaved on the vang and centred the boom over the gaping hatchway. 1970 News/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. 1970 W. Smith Gold Mine xxix. 72 The Old One, the Shangaan Induna, lived in a Company house. 1971 in Towards Dict. S. Afr. Eng. 42 They have an induna there to hold you down while they X-ray you. Derivatives inˈdunaship n. the office or dignity of an induna. ΚΠ 1955 in M. Gluckman Judicial Process among Barotse iii. 87 This is indunaship—this is ruling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1835
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