indaba
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Zulu índaba (“affair, issue, matter; piece of news; story”), from ín- (class 9 noun prefix) + -daɓa (stem meaning ‘affair, matter’).[1][2]
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdɑːbə/
Audio (RP) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdɑbə/
- Hyphenation: in‧da‧ba
NounEdit
indaba (plural indabas)
- (South Africa)
- A tribal conference held by Nguni leaders.
- (by extension) Any conference, discussion, or meeting.
- Chiefly in one's own or someone's indaba: a concern, matter, or problem.
- (by extension, Scouting) An international conference of Scout leaders.
TranslationsEdit
(South Africa) any conference, discussion, or meeting
(South Africa) concern, matter, or problem
international conference of Scout leaders
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “indaba, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2019; “indaba, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- ^ “indaba” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th revised edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN; reproduced on TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2021.
Further readingEdit
indaba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “indaba” in the Collins English Dictionary
- “indaba, n.”, in Dictionary of South African English, Makhanda, Eastern Cape: Dictionary Unit for South African English, 1996–2021.
- “indaba”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
BasqueEdit
EtymologyEdit
Blend of India + baba. Compare the dialectal form indibaba.[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
indaba inan
DeclensionEdit
Declension of indaba (inan, -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 | ― | ― |
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- “indaba” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
- “indaba” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
Southern NdebeleEdit
NounEdit
índaba 9 (plural iíndaba 10)
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
XhosaEdit
EtymologyEdit
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PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
índaba 9 (plural iíndaba 10)
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
ZuluEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
índaba 9 (plural izíndaba 10)
InflectionEdit
| Class 9/10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | indaba | izindaba | ||
| Locative | endabeni | ezindabeni | ||
| 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 |
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “-daɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-daɓa (2.9.9)”