Standard Lemma guide
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noun
A tribal conference held by Nguni leaders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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noun
Any conference, discussion, or meeting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa, broadly
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noun
Chiefly in one's own or someone's indaba: a concern, matter, or problem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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noun
An international conference of Scout leaders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Qualifier: scouting
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noun
a council at which indigenous peoples of southern Africa meet to discuss some important question
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: council
History
Borrowed from Zulu índaba (“affair, issue, matter; piece of news; story”), from ín- (class 9 noun prefix) + -daɓa (stem meaning ‘affair, matter’).
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
