Etymograph

English

induna

Induna comes from Zulu induna ‘male animal’.

  1. Zulumoderninduna‘male animal’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1994same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Zulumoderninduna‘male animal’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1994same form

Earliest quotation: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela: “Although we swore this fellow to secrecy, he went…”

Every English word from Zulu induna

Today it means

noun A South African tribal councillor or headman (under the king); someone in authority, a boss.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Zulu induna / induna

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