ibala
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ìbádà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [íɓâːla]
Noun
íbâla class 5 (plural ámábâla class 6)
- spot
- open space, yard
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ìbádà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /îːɓâːla/
Noun
îbâla class 5 (plural ámabâla class 6)
- speckle, spot
- open space, area of land, yard
- playground
Inflection
| Class 5/6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | ibala | amabala | ||
| Locative | ebaleni | emabaleni | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | ibala | amabala | ||
| Simple form | libala | mabala | ||
| Locative | ebaleni | emabaleni | ||
| Copulative | yibala | ngamabala | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | webala | owebala | wamabala | owamabala |
| Class 2 | bebala | abebala | bamabala | abamabala |
| Class 3 | webala | owebala | wamabala | owamabala |
| Class 4 | yebala | eyebala | yamabala | eyamabala |
| Class 5 | lebala | elebala | lamabala | elamabala |
| Class 6 | ebala | awebala | amabala | awamabala |
| Class 7 | sebala | esebala | samabala | esamabala |
| Class 8 | zebala | ezebala | zamabala | ezamabala |
| Class 9 | yebala | eyebala | yamabala | eyamabala |
| Class 10 | zebala | ezebala | zamabala | ezamabala |
| Class 11 | lwebala | olwebala | lwamabala | olwamabala |
| Class 14 | bebala | obebala | bamabala | obamabala |
| Class 15 | kwebala | okwebala | kwamabala | okwamabala |
| Class 17 | kwebala | okwebala | kwamabala | okwamabala |
Related terms
- ubala
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-ɓala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ɓala (2.4.3-8.9)”