indaba.
A tribal conference held by Nguni leaders.
Meaning & usage
A tribal conference held by Nguni leaders.
Any conference, discussion, or meeting.
Chiefly in one's own or someone's indaba: a concern, matter, or problem.
An international conference of Scout leaders.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Zulu índaba (“affair, issue, matter; piece of news; story”), from ín- (class 9 noun prefix) + -daɓa (stem meaning ‘affair, matter’).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.