# induna
## English
### Alternative forms

* inDuna

### Etymology

Borrowed from Zulu induna.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ɪnˈduːnə/

### Noun

induna (plural indunas or izinduna)
* 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.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Induan, Undina

## Maltese
### Alternative forms

* nduna (chiefly informal, after a vowel)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪnˈduː.na/

### Verb

induna (imperfect jinduna)
* to notice, realise

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of induna :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| perfect | m | indunajt | indunajt | induna | indunajna | indunajtu | indunaw |
| perfect | f | indunajt | indunajt | indunat | indunajna | indunajtu | indunaw |
| imperfect | m | ninduna | tinduna | jinduna | nindunaw | tindunaw | jindunaw |
| imperfect | f | ninduna | tinduna | tinduna | nindunaw | tindunaw | jindunaw |
| imperative | | | induna | | | indunaw | |

## Northern Ndebele
### Noun

induna$^?$ class 9 (plural izinduna class 10)
* chief

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Sardinian
### Alternative forms

* indua (Campidanese)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inˈduna/

### Adverb

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

### References

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

## Southern Ndebele
### Noun

induna$^?$ class 9 (plural iinduna class 10)
* headman, foreman

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Xhosa
### Etymology

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

### Noun

induna$^?$ class 9 (plural iinduna class 10)
* headman

#### Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /índúːna/

### Noun

índúna class 9 (plural ízindúna class 10)
* male animal
* headman

#### Inflection

Class 9/10 :
| | Singular | Plural |
| Full form | induna | izinduna |
| Locative | enduneni | ezinduneni |
| | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural |
| Full form | induna | induna | izinduna | izinduna |
| Simple form | nduna | nduna | zinduna | zinduna |
| Locative | enduneni | enduneni | ezinduneni | ezinduneni |
| Copulative | yinduna | yinduna | yizinduna | yizinduna |
| Possessive forms |||||
| | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural |
| | Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive |
| Class 1 | wenduna | owenduna | wezinduna | owezinduna |
| Class 2 | benduna | abenduna | bezinduna | abezinduna |
| Class 3 | wenduna | owenduna | wezinduna | owezinduna |
| Class 4 | yenduna | eyenduna | yezinduna | eyezinduna |
| Class 5 | lenduna | elenduna | lezinduna | elezinduna |
| Class 6 | enduna | awenduna | ezinduna | awezinduna |
| Class 7 | senduna | esenduna | sezinduna | esezinduna |
| Class 8 | zenduna | ezenduna | zezinduna | ezezinduna |
| Class 9 | yenduna | eyenduna | yezinduna | eyezinduna |
| Class 10 | zenduna | ezenduna | zezinduna | ezezinduna |
| Class 11 | lwenduna | olwenduna | lwezinduna | olwezinduna |
| Class 14 | benduna | obenduna | bezinduna | obezinduna |
| Class 15 | kwenduna | okwenduna | kwezinduna | okwezinduna |
| Class 17 | kwenduna | okwenduna | kwezinduna | okwezinduna |

#### Descendants

* → Afrikaans: indoena
* → English: induna

### References

* 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.