inkosana, noun
- Forms:
- Also ’nkosana, and with initial capital.
- Origin:
- IsiXhosa, isiZuluShow more IsiXhosa and isiZulu, inkos, inkosi chief + diminutive suffix -ana.
1. ‘Little master’; a title or respectful form of address to a boy or young man perceived to be of superior status; occasionally used with a first name. See also inkosi.
1913 J.J. Doke Secret City 202‘Inkosana,’ he said, looking me full in the face..‘Lumkile is not a witch-doctor trained to live by deception’.
2. The son and heir of a chief.
1974 C.T. Binns Warrior People 83The inKosana, (the eldest son of the chief wife), together with the iKohlo, (the eldest son of the wife second in dignity), had to proceed to the isiBaya where the animals had been kraaled.
‘Little master’; a title or respectful form of address to a boy or young man perceived to be of superior status; occasionally used with a first name.
The son and heir of a chief.
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