ubala
Zulu
Etymology
From Common Bantu *dʊ̀bàdà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ûːɓâːla/
Noun
ûbâla class 11
- outdoors, open country
- emptiness, nothingness
Inflection
| Class 11 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | ubala | — | ||
| Locative | obaleni | — | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | ubala | — | ||
| Simple form | lubala | — | ||
| Locative | obaleni | — | ||
| Copulative | wubala | — | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wobala | owobala | — | — |
| Class 2 | bobala | abobala | — | — |
| Class 3 | wobala | owobala | — | — |
| Class 4 | yobala | eyobala | — | — |
| Class 5 | lobala | elobala | — | — |
| Class 6 | obala | awobala | — | — |
| Class 7 | sobala | esobala | — | — |
| Class 8 | zobala | ezobala | — | — |
| Class 9 | yobala | eyobala | — | — |
| Class 10 | zobala | ezobala | — | — |
| Class 11 | lobala | olobala | — | — |
| Class 14 | bobala | obobala | — | — |
| Class 15 | kobala | okobala | — | — |
| Class 17 | kobala | okobala | — | — |
Related terms
- ibala
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-ɓala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ɓala (3.6.3-6.9)”