# bhala
## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

-bhala
* to write

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

-bhâla
* to write

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Swazi
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

-bhála
* to write

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Xhosa
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

-bhâla
* to write

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

-bhâla
* to write

#### Inflection

Tone HH :
| Infinitive | ukubhala |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Infinitive | ukubhala | ukungabhali |
| | Imperative | Imperative |
| | Simple | + object concord |
| Singular | bhala | -bhale |
| Plural | bhalani | -bhaleni |
| | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngiyabhala, ngibhala | engibhalayo, engibhala | ngibhala | angibhali | engingabhali | ngingabhali |
| 2nd singular | uyabhala, ubhala | obhalayo, obhala | ubhala | awubhali | ongabhali | ungabhali |
| 1st plural | siyabhala, sibhala | esibhalayo, esibhala | sibhala | asibhali | esingabhali | singabhali |
| 2nd plural | niyabhala, nibhala | enibhalayo, enibhala | nibhala | anibhali | eningabhali | ningabhali |
| Class 1 | uyabhala, ubhala | obhalayo, obhala | ebhala | akabhali | ongabhali | engabhali |
| Class 2 | bayabhala, babhala | ababhalayo, ababhala | bebhala | ababhali | abangabhali | bengabhali |
| Class 3 | uyabhala, ubhala | obhalayo, obhala | ubhala | awubhali | ongabhali | ungabhali |
| Class 4 | iyabhala, ibhala | ebhalayo, ebhala | ibhala | ayibhali | engabhali | ingabhali |
| Class 5 | liyabhala, libhala | elibhalayo, elibhala | libhala | alibhali | elingabhali | lingabhali |
| Class 6 | ayabhala, abhala | abhalayo, abhala | ebhala | awabhali | angabhali | engabhali |
| Class 7 | siyabhala, sibhala | esibhalayo, esibhala | sibhala | asibhali | esingabhali | singabhali |
| Class 8 | ziyabhala, zibhala | ezibhalayo, ezibhala | zibhala | azibhali | ezingabhali | zingabhali |
| Class 9 | iyabhala, ibhala | ebhalayo, ebhala | ibhala | ayibhali | engabhali | ingabhali |
| Class 10 | ziyabhala, zibhala | ezibhalayo, ezibhala | zibhala | azibhali | ezingabhali | zingabhali |
| Class 11 | luyabhala, lubhala | olubhalayo, olubhala | lubhala | alubhali | olungabhali | lungabhali |
| Class 14 | buyabhala, bubhala | obubhalayo, obubhala | bubhala | abubhali | obungabhali | bungabhali |
| Class 15 | kuyabhala, kubhala | okubhalayo, okubhala | kubhala | akubhali | okungabhali | kungabhali |
| Class 17 | kuyabhala, kubhala | okubhalayo, okubhala | kubhala | akubhali | okungabhali | kungabhali |
| | Recent past | Recent past | Recent past | Recent past | Recent past | Recent past |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngibhalile, ngibhalē | engibhalile, engibhalē | ngibhalile, ngibhalē | angibhalanga | engingabhalanga | ngingabhalanga |
| 2nd singular | ubhalile, ubhalē | obhalile, obhalē | ubhalile, ubhalē | awubhalanga | ongabhalanga | ungabhalanga |
| 1st plural | sibhalile, sibhalē | esibhalile, esibhalē | sibhalile, sibhalē | asibhalanga | esingabhalanga | singabhalanga |
| 2nd plural | nibhalile, nibhalē | enibhalile, enibhalē | nibhalile, nibhalē | anibhalanga | eningabhalanga | ningabhalanga |
| Class 1 | ubhalile, ubhalē | obhalile, obhalē | ebhalile, ebhalē | akabhalanga | ongabhalanga | engabhalanga |
| Class 2 | babhalile, babhalē | ababhalile, ababhalē | bebhalile, bebhalē | ababhalanga | abangabhalanga | bengabhalanga |
| Class 3 | ubhalile, ubhalē | obhalile, obhalē | ubhalile, ubhalē | awubhalanga | ongabhalanga | ungabhalanga |
| Class 4 | ibhalile, ibhalē | ebhalile, ebhalē | ibhalile, ibhalē | ayibhalanga | engabhalanga | ingabhalanga |
| Class 5 | libhalile, libhalē | elibhalile, elibhalē | libhalile, libhalē | alibhalanga | elingabhalanga | lingabhalanga |
| Class 6 | abhalile, abhalē | abhalile, abhalē | ebhalile, ebhalē | awabhalanga | angabhalanga | engabhalanga |
| Class 7 | sibhalile, sibhalē | esibhalile, esibhalē | sibhalile, sibhalē | asibhalanga | esingabhalanga | singabhalanga |
| Class 8 | zibhalile, zibhalē | ezibhalile, ezibhalē | zibhalile, zibhalē | azibhalanga | ezingabhalanga | zingabhalanga |
| Class 9 | ibhalile, ibhalē | ebhalile, ebhalē | ibhalile, ibhalē | ayibhalanga | engabhalanga | ingabhalanga |
| Class 10 | zibhalile, zibhalē | ezibhalile, ezibhalē | zibhalile, zibhalē | azibhalanga | ezingabhalanga | zingabhalanga |
| Class 11 | lubhalile, lubhalē | olubhalile, olubhalē | lubhalile, lubhalē | alubhalanga | olungabhalanga | lungabhalanga |
| Class 14 | bubhalile, bubhalē | obubhalile, obubhalē | bubhalile, bubhalē | abubhalanga | obungabhalanga | bungabhalanga |
| Class 15 | kubhalile, kubhalē | okubhalile, okubhalē | kubhalile, kubhalē | akubhalanga | okungabhalanga | kungabhalanga |
| Class 17 | kubhalile, kubhalē | okubhalile, okubhalē | kubhalile, kubhalē | akubhalanga | okungabhalanga | kungabhalanga |
| | Remote past | Remote past | Remote past | Remote past | Remote past | Remote past |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngābhala | engābhala | ngābhala | angibhalanga | engingabhalanga | ngingabhalanga |
| 2nd singular | wābhala | owābhala | wābhala | awubhalanga | ongabhalanga | ungabhalanga |
| 1st plural | sābhala | esābhala | sābhala | asibhalanga | esingabhalanga | singabhalanga |
| 2nd plural | nābhala | enābhala | nābhala | anibhalanga | eningabhalanga | ningabhalanga |
| Class 1 | wābhala | owābhala | ābhala | akabhalanga | ongabhalanga | engabhalanga |
| Class 2 | bābhala | abābhala | bābhala | ababhalanga | abangabhalanga | bengabhalanga |
| Class 3 | wābhala | owābhala | wābhala | awubhalanga | ongabhalanga | ungabhalanga |
| Class 4 | yābhala | eyābhala | yābhala | ayibhalanga | engabhalanga | ingabhalanga |
| Class 5 | lābhala | elābhala | lābhala | alibhalanga | elingabhalanga | lingabhalanga |
| Class 6 | ābhala | ābhala | ābhala | awabhalanga | angabhalanga | engabhalanga |
| Class 7 | sābhala | esābhala | sābhala | asibhalanga | esingabhalanga | singabhalanga |
| Class 8 | zābhala | ezābhala | zābhala | azibhalanga | ezingabhalanga | zingabhalanga |
| Class 9 | yābhala | eyābhala | yābhala | ayibhalanga | engabhalanga | ingabhalanga |
| Class 10 | zābhala | ezābhala | zābhala | azibhalanga | ezingabhalanga | zingabhalanga |
| Class 11 | lwābhala | olwābhala | lwābhala | alubhalanga | olungabhalanga | lungabhalanga |
| Class 14 | bābhala | obābhala | bābhala | abubhalanga | obungabhalanga | bungabhalanga |
| Class 15 | kwābhala | okwābhala | kwābhala | akubhalanga | okungabhalanga | kungabhalanga |
| Class 17 | kwābhala | okwābhala | kwābhala | akubhalanga | okungabhalanga | kungabhalanga |
| | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngingabhala | — | ngingabhala | ngingebhale | — | ngingebhale |
| 2nd singular | ungabhala | — | ungabhala | ungebhale | — | ungebhale |
| 1st plural | singabhala | — | singabhala | singebhale | — | singebhale |
| 2nd plural | ningabhala | — | ningabhala | ningebhale | — | ningebhale |
| Class 1 | angabhala | — | engabhala | angebhale | — | engebhale |
| Class 2 | bangabhala | — | bengabhala | bangebhale | — | bengebhale |
| Class 3 | ungabhala | — | ungabhala | ungebhale | — | ungebhale |
| Class 4 | ingabhala | — | ingabhala | ingebhale | — | ingebhale |
| Class 5 | lingabhala | — | lingabhala | lingebhale | — | lingebhale |
| Class 6 | angabhala | — | engabhala | angebhale | — | engebhale |
| Class 7 | singabhala | — | singabhala | singebhale | — | singebhale |
| Class 8 | zingabhala | — | zingabhala | zingebhale | — | zingebhale |
| Class 9 | ingabhala | — | ingabhala | ingebhale | — | ingebhale |
| Class 10 | zingabhala | — | zingabhala | zingebhale | — | zingebhale |
| Class 11 | lungabhala | — | lungabhala | lungebhale | — | lungebhale |
| Class 14 | bungabhala | — | bungabhala | bungebhale | — | bungebhale |
| Class 15 | kungabhala | — | kungabhala | kungebhale | — | kungebhale |
| Class 17 | kungabhala | — | kungabhala | kungebhale | — | kungebhale |
| | Immediate future | Immediate future | Immediate future | Immediate future | Immediate future | Immediate future |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngizobhala | engizobhala | ngizobhala | angizubhala | engingezubhala | ngingezubhala |
| 2nd singular | uzobhala | ozobhala | uzobhala | awuzubhala | ongezubhala | ungezubhala |
| 1st plural | sizobhala | esizobhala | sizobhala | asizubhala | esingezubhala | singezubhala |
| 2nd plural | nizobhala | enizobhala | nizobhala | anizubhala | eningezubhala | ningezubhala |
| Class 1 | uzobhala | ozobhala | ezobhala | akazubhala | ongezubhala | engezubhala |
| Class 2 | bazobhala | abazobhala | bezobhala | abazubhala | abangezubhala | bengezubhala |
| Class 3 | uzobhala | ozobhala | uzobhala | awuzubhala | ongezubhala | ungezubhala |
| Class 4 | izobhala | ezobhala | izobhala | ayizubhala | engezubhala | ingezubhala |
| Class 5 | lizobhala | elizobhala | lizobhala | alizubhala | elingezubhala | lingezubhala |
| Class 6 | azobhala | azobhala | ezobhala | awazubhala | angezubhala | engezubhala |
| Class 7 | sizobhala | esizobhala | sizobhala | asizubhala | esingezubhala | singezubhala |
| Class 8 | zizobhala | ezizobhala | zizobhala | azizubhala | ezingezubhala | zingezubhala |
| Class 9 | izobhala | ezobhala | izobhala | ayizubhala | engezubhala | ingezubhala |
| Class 10 | zizobhala | ezizobhala | zizobhala | azizubhala | ezingezubhala | zingezubhala |
| Class 11 | luzobhala | oluzobhala | luzobhala | aluzubhala | olungezubhala | lungezubhala |
| Class 14 | buzobhala | obuzobhala | buzobhala | abuzubhala | obungezubhala | bungezubhala |
| Class 15 | kuzobhala | okuzobhala | kuzobhala | akuzubhala | okungezubhala | kungezubhala |
| Class 17 | kuzobhala | okuzobhala | kuzobhala | akuzubhala | okungezubhala | kungezubhala |
| | Remote future | Remote future | Remote future | Remote future | Remote future | Remote future |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngiyobhala | engiyobhala | ngiyobhala | angiyubhala | engingeyubhala | ngingeyubhala |
| 2nd singular | uyobhala | oyobhala | uyobhala | awuyubhala | ongeyubhala | ungeyubhala |
| 1st plural | siyobhala | esiyobhala | siyobhala | asiyubhala | esingeyubhala | singeyubhala |
| 2nd plural | niyobhala | eniyobhala | niyobhala | aniyubhala | eningeyubhala | ningeyubhala |
| Class 1 | uyobhala | oyobhala | eyobhala | akayubhala | ongeyubhala | engeyubhala |
| Class 2 | bayobhala | abayobhala | beyobhala | abayubhala | abangeyubhala | bengeyubhala |
| Class 3 | uyobhala | oyobhala | uyobhala | awuyubhala | ongeyubhala | ungeyubhala |
| Class 4 | iyobhala | eyobhala | iyobhala | ayiyubhala | engeyubhala | ingeyubhala |
| Class 5 | liyobhala | eliyobhala | liyobhala | aliyubhala | elingeyubhala | lingeyubhala |
| Class 6 | ayobhala | ayobhala | eyobhala | awayubhala | angeyubhala | engeyubhala |
| Class 7 | siyobhala | esiyobhala | siyobhala | asiyubhala | esingeyubhala | singeyubhala |
| Class 8 | ziyobhala | eziyobhala | ziyobhala | aziyubhala | ezingeyubhala | zingeyubhala |
| Class 9 | iyobhala | eyobhala | iyobhala | ayiyubhala | engeyubhala | ingeyubhala |
| Class 10 | ziyobhala | eziyobhala | ziyobhala | aziyubhala | ezingeyubhala | zingeyubhala |
| Class 11 | luyobhala | oluyobhala | luyobhala | aluyubhala | olungeyubhala | lungeyubhala |
| Class 14 | buyobhala | obuyobhala | buyobhala | abuyubhala | obungeyubhala | bungeyubhala |
| Class 15 | kuyobhala | okuyobhala | kuyobhala | akuyubhala | okungeyubhala | kungeyubhala |
| Class 17 | kuyobhala | okuyobhala | kuyobhala | akuyubhala | okungeyubhala | kungeyubhala |
| | Present subjunctive | Present subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngibhale | ngingabhali |
| 2nd singular | ubhale | ungabhali |
| 1st plural | sibhale | singabhali |
| 2nd plural | nibhale | ningabhali |
| Class 1 | abhale | angabhali |
| Class 2 | babhale | bangabhali |
| Class 3 | ubhale | ungabhali |
| Class 4 | ibhale | ingabhali |
| Class 5 | libhale | lingabhali |
| Class 6 | abhale | angabhali |
| Class 7 | sibhale | singabhali |
| Class 8 | zibhale | zingabhali |
| Class 9 | ibhale | ingabhali |
| Class 10 | zibhale | zingabhali |
| Class 11 | lubhale | lungabhali |
| Class 14 | bubhale | bungabhali |
| Class 15 | kubhale | kungabhali |
| Class 17 | kubhale | kungabhali |
| | Past subjunctive | Past subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngabhala | ngangabhala, angabhala, angangabhala |
| 2nd singular | wabhala | wangabhala, awabhala, awangabhala |
| 1st plural | sabhala | sangabhala, asabhala, asangabhala |
| 2nd plural | nabhala | nangabhala, anabhala, anangabhala |
| Class 1 | wabhala | wangabhala, akabhala, akangabhala |
| Class 2 | babhala | bangabhala, ababhala, abangabhala |
| Class 3 | wabhala | wangabhala, awabhala, awangabhala |
| Class 4 | yabhala | yangabhala, ayabhala, ayangabhala |
| Class 5 | labhala | langabhala, alabhala, alangabhala |
| Class 6 | abhala | angabhala, awabhala, awangabhala |
| Class 7 | sabhala | sangabhala, asabhala, asangabhala |
| Class 8 | zabhala | zangabhala, azabhala, azangabhala |
| Class 9 | yabhala | yangabhala, ayabhala, ayangabhala |
| Class 10 | zabhala | zangabhala, azabhala, azangabhala |
| Class 11 | lwabhala | lwangabhala, alwabhala, alwangabhala |
| Class 14 | babhala | bangabhala, ababhala, abangabhala |
| Class 15 | kwabhala | kwangabhala, akwabhala, akwangabhala |
| Class 17 | kwabhala | kwangabhala, akwabhala, akwangabhala |

#### Derived terms

* -bhalela

### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “bala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “bala (3.9)”