indaba

English

WOTD – 21 May 2021

Etymology

Borrowed from Zulu índaba (“affair, issue, matter; piece of news; story”), from ín- (class 9 noun prefix) + -daɓa (stem meaning ‘affair, matter’).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdɑːbə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdɑbə/
  • Hyphenation: in‧da‧ba

Noun

indaba (plural indabas)

  1. (South Africa)
    1. A tribal conference held by Nguni leaders.
    2. (by extension) Any conference, discussion, or meeting.
    3. Chiefly in one's own or someone's indaba: a concern, matter, or problem. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (by extension, scouting) An international conference of Scout leaders.

Translations

References

  1. ^ “indaba, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2019; “indaba, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ “indaba” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN; reproduced on TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.

Further reading

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

Blend of India +‎ baba. Compare the dialectal form indibaba.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /indaba/ [ĩn̪.d̪a.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aba, -a
  • Hyphenation: in‧da‧ba

Noun

indaba inan

  1. bean, green bean

Declension

Declension of indaba (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive indaba indaba indabak
ergative indabak indabak indabek
dative indabari indabari indabei
genitive indabaren indabaren indaben
comitative indabarekin indabarekin indabekin
causative indabarengatik indabarengatik indabengatik
benefactive indabarentzat indabarentzat indabentzat
instrumental indabaz indabaz indabez
inessive indabatan indaban indabetan
locative indabatako indabako indabetako
allative indabatara indabara indabetara
terminative indabataraino indabaraino indabetaraino
directive indabatarantz indabarantz indabetarantz
destinative indabatarako indabarako indabetarako
ablative indabatatik indabatik indabetatik
partitive indabarik — —
prolative indabatzat — —

References

  1. ^ “alubia”, in Euskararen Herri Hizkeren Atlasa [Atlas of Basque Dialectal Terms], Euskaltzaindia

Further reading

  • “indaba”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “indaba”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Southern Ndebele

Noun

índaba class 9 (plural iíndaba class 10)

  1. matter, issue

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.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [íⁿd̥a̤ːɓa]

Noun

índaba class 9 (plural iíndaba class 10)

  1. matter
  2. piece of news

Inflection

This noun 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(key): /índaːɓa/

Noun

índaba class 9 (plural izíndaba class 10)

  1. matter, issue, affair
  2. piece of news
  3. story
    Synonym: inganekwane

Inflection

Class 9/10 (locative endabeni)
singular plural
full form indaba izindaba
simple form ndaba zindaba
locative endabeni ezindabeni
copulative yindaba yizindaba
Possessive forms
singular plural
modifier substantive modifier substantive
class 1 wendaba owendaba wezindaba owezindaba
class 2 bendaba abendaba bezindaba abezindaba
class 3 wendaba owendaba wezindaba owezindaba
class 4 yendaba eyendaba yezindaba eyezindaba
class 5 lendaba elendaba lezindaba elezindaba
class 6 endaba awendaba ezindaba awezindaba
class 7 sendaba esendaba sezindaba esezindaba
class 8 zendaba ezendaba zezindaba ezezindaba
class 9 yendaba eyendaba yezindaba eyezindaba
class 10 zendaba ezendaba zezindaba ezezindaba
class 11 lwendaba olwendaba lwezindaba olwezindaba
class 14 bendaba obendaba bezindaba obezindaba
class 15 kwendaba okwendaba kwezindaba okwezindaba
class 17 kwendaba okwendaba kwezindaba okwezindaba

References

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