Definitions for induna

induna in·du·na

Spelling: [in-doo-nuh]
IPA: /ɪnˈdu nə/

Induna is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in induna (adinnu).

Definitions for induna

noun

  1. an official functionary of a king or chief in South African Bantu societies.

Origin of induna

Borrowed into English from Zulu around 1870-75

Examples for induna

They were hitting a smart pace, with the induna in the lead.

Ncwelo, though a chief of some influence, was not an induna.

Is not all I have at the disposal of the second induna of the King?

We had not been in camp more than a few minutes when an induna came to see Tuys.

But this happens to be the induna—the one train of the whole line.

This also I do not understand, and have sent my induna, Tambusa, as my “mouth” to say so.

He had gained over to his cause Nongalaza, an induna of importance.

I will lobola for Nangeza, and soon I shall be an induna, and she shall be my “great wife.”

But I, remembering my dignity as an induna of the King, still stood.

“That is not the matter about which I am here,” replied the induna.

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