ibhala

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English barrow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îːbáːla/

Noun

îbhála class 5 (plural ámabhála class 6)

1. wheelbarrow

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	ibhala	amabhala
Locative	ebhaleni	emabhaleni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	ibhala		amabhala
Simple form	libhala		mabhala
Locative	ebhaleni		emabhaleni
Copulative	yibhala		ngamabhala
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	webhala	owebhala	wamabhala	owamabhala
Class 2	bebhala	abebhala	bamabhala	abamabhala
Class 3	webhala	owebhala	wamabhala	owamabhala
Class 4	yebhala	eyebhala	yamabhala	eyamabhala
Class 5	lebhala	elebhala	lamabhala	elamabhala
Class 6	ebhala	awebhala	amabhala	awamabhala
Class 7	sebhala	esebhala	samabhala	esamabhala
Class 8	zebhala	ezebhala	zamabhala	ezamabhala
Class 9	yebhala	eyebhala	yamabhala	eyamabhala
Class 10	zebhala	ezebhala	zamabhala	ezamabhala
Class 11	lwebhala	olwebhala	lwamabhala	olwamabhala
Class 14	bebhala	obebhala	bamabhala	obamabhala
Class 15	kwebhala	okwebhala	kwamabhala	okwamabhala
Class 17	kwebhala	okwebhala	kwamabhala	okwamabhala

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-bala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-bala (2.6.3.9)”