# huzula
## Zulu
### Etymology

From the ideophone huzu.

### Verb

-huzula
* (transitive) to abrade, to graze

#### Inflection

Tone L :
| Infinitive | ukuhuzula |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Infinitive | ukuhuzula | ukungahuzuli |
| | Imperative | Imperative |
| | Simple | + object concord |
| Singular | huzula | -huzule |
| Plural | huzulani | -huzuleni |
| | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngiyahuzula, ngihuzula | engihuzulayo, engihuzula | ngihuzula | angihuzuli | engingahuzuli | ngingahuzuli |
| 2nd singular | uyahuzula, uhuzula | ohuzulayo, ohuzula | uhuzula | awuhuzuli | ongahuzuli | ungahuzuli |
| 1st plural | siyahuzula, sihuzula | esihuzulayo, esihuzula | sihuzula | asihuzuli | esingahuzuli | singahuzuli |
| 2nd plural | niyahuzula, nihuzula | enihuzulayo, enihuzula | nihuzula | anihuzuli | eningahuzuli | ningahuzuli |
| Class 1 | uyahuzula, uhuzula | ohuzulayo, ohuzula | ehuzula | akahuzuli | ongahuzuli | engahuzuli |
| Class 2 | bayahuzula, bahuzula | abahuzulayo, abahuzula | behuzula | abahuzuli | abangahuzuli | bengahuzuli |
| Class 3 | uyahuzula, uhuzula | ohuzulayo, ohuzula | uhuzula | awuhuzuli | ongahuzuli | ungahuzuli |
| Class 4 | iyahuzula, ihuzula | ehuzulayo, ehuzula | ihuzula | ayihuzuli | engahuzuli | ingahuzuli |
| Class 5 | liyahuzula, lihuzula | elihuzulayo, elihuzula | lihuzula | alihuzuli | elingahuzuli | lingahuzuli |
| Class 6 | ayahuzula, ahuzula | ahuzulayo, ahuzula | ehuzula | awahuzuli | angahuzuli | engahuzuli |
| Class 7 | siyahuzula, sihuzula | esihuzulayo, esihuzula | sihuzula | asihuzuli | esingahuzuli | singahuzuli |
| Class 8 | ziyahuzula, zihuzula | ezihuzulayo, ezihuzula | zihuzula | azihuzuli | ezingahuzuli | zingahuzuli |
| Class 9 | iyahuzula, ihuzula | ehuzulayo, ehuzula | ihuzula | ayihuzuli | engahuzuli | ingahuzuli |
| Class 10 | ziyahuzula, zihuzula | ezihuzulayo, ezihuzula | zihuzula | azihuzuli | ezingahuzuli | zingahuzuli |
| Class 11 | luyahuzula, luhuzula | oluhuzulayo, oluhuzula | luhuzula | aluhuzuli | olungahuzuli | lungahuzuli |
| Class 14 | buyahuzula, buhuzula | obuhuzulayo, obuhuzula | buhuzula | abuhuzuli | obungahuzuli | bungahuzuli |
| Class 15 | kuyahuzula, kuhuzula | okuhuzulayo, okuhuzula | kuhuzula | akuhuzuli | okungahuzuli | kungahuzuli |
| Class 17 | kuyahuzula, kuhuzula | okuhuzulayo, okuhuzula | kuhuzula | akuhuzuli | okungahuzuli | kungahuzuli |
| | 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 | ngihuzulile, ngihuzulē | engihuzulile, engihuzulē | ngihuzulile, ngihuzulē | angihuzulanga | engingahuzulanga | ngingahuzulanga |
| 2nd singular | uhuzulile, uhuzulē | ohuzulile, ohuzulē | uhuzulile, uhuzulē | awuhuzulanga | ongahuzulanga | ungahuzulanga |
| 1st plural | sihuzulile, sihuzulē | esihuzulile, esihuzulē | sihuzulile, sihuzulē | asihuzulanga | esingahuzulanga | singahuzulanga |
| 2nd plural | nihuzulile, nihuzulē | enihuzulile, enihuzulē | nihuzulile, nihuzulē | anihuzulanga | eningahuzulanga | ningahuzulanga |
| Class 1 | uhuzulile, uhuzulē | ohuzulile, ohuzulē | ehuzulile, ehuzulē | akahuzulanga | ongahuzulanga | engahuzulanga |
| Class 2 | bahuzulile, bahuzulē | abahuzulile, abahuzulē | behuzulile, behuzulē | abahuzulanga | abangahuzulanga | bengahuzulanga |
| Class 3 | uhuzulile, uhuzulē | ohuzulile, ohuzulē | uhuzulile, uhuzulē | awuhuzulanga | ongahuzulanga | ungahuzulanga |
| Class 4 | ihuzulile, ihuzulē | ehuzulile, ehuzulē | ihuzulile, ihuzulē | ayihuzulanga | engahuzulanga | ingahuzulanga |
| Class 5 | lihuzulile, lihuzulē | elihuzulile, elihuzulē | lihuzulile, lihuzulē | alihuzulanga | elingahuzulanga | lingahuzulanga |
| Class 6 | ahuzulile, ahuzulē | ahuzulile, ahuzulē | ehuzulile, ehuzulē | awahuzulanga | angahuzulanga | engahuzulanga |
| Class 7 | sihuzulile, sihuzulē | esihuzulile, esihuzulē | sihuzulile, sihuzulē | asihuzulanga | esingahuzulanga | singahuzulanga |
| Class 8 | zihuzulile, zihuzulē | ezihuzulile, ezihuzulē | zihuzulile, zihuzulē | azihuzulanga | ezingahuzulanga | zingahuzulanga |
| Class 9 | ihuzulile, ihuzulē | ehuzulile, ehuzulē | ihuzulile, ihuzulē | ayihuzulanga | engahuzulanga | ingahuzulanga |
| Class 10 | zihuzulile, zihuzulē | ezihuzulile, ezihuzulē | zihuzulile, zihuzulē | azihuzulanga | ezingahuzulanga | zingahuzulanga |
| Class 11 | luhuzulile, luhuzulē | oluhuzulile, oluhuzulē | luhuzulile, luhuzulē | aluhuzulanga | olungahuzulanga | lungahuzulanga |
| Class 14 | buhuzulile, buhuzulē | obuhuzulile, obuhuzulē | buhuzulile, buhuzulē | abuhuzulanga | obungahuzulanga | bungahuzulanga |
| Class 15 | kuhuzulile, kuhuzulē | okuhuzulile, okuhuzulē | kuhuzulile, kuhuzulē | akuhuzulanga | okungahuzulanga | kungahuzulanga |
| Class 17 | kuhuzulile, kuhuzulē | okuhuzulile, okuhuzulē | kuhuzulile, kuhuzulē | akuhuzulanga | okungahuzulanga | kungahuzulanga |
| | 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 | ngāhuzula | engāhuzula | ngāhuzula | angihuzulanga | engingahuzulanga | ngingahuzulanga |
| 2nd singular | wāhuzula | owāhuzula | wāhuzula | awuhuzulanga | ongahuzulanga | ungahuzulanga |
| 1st plural | sāhuzula | esāhuzula | sāhuzula | asihuzulanga | esingahuzulanga | singahuzulanga |
| 2nd plural | nāhuzula | enāhuzula | nāhuzula | anihuzulanga | eningahuzulanga | ningahuzulanga |
| Class 1 | wāhuzula | owāhuzula | āhuzula | akahuzulanga | ongahuzulanga | engahuzulanga |
| Class 2 | bāhuzula | abāhuzula | bāhuzula | abahuzulanga | abangahuzulanga | bengahuzulanga |
| Class 3 | wāhuzula | owāhuzula | wāhuzula | awuhuzulanga | ongahuzulanga | ungahuzulanga |
| Class 4 | yāhuzula | eyāhuzula | yāhuzula | ayihuzulanga | engahuzulanga | ingahuzulanga |
| Class 5 | lāhuzula | elāhuzula | lāhuzula | alihuzulanga | elingahuzulanga | lingahuzulanga |
| Class 6 | āhuzula | āhuzula | āhuzula | awahuzulanga | angahuzulanga | engahuzulanga |
| Class 7 | sāhuzula | esāhuzula | sāhuzula | asihuzulanga | esingahuzulanga | singahuzulanga |
| Class 8 | zāhuzula | ezāhuzula | zāhuzula | azihuzulanga | ezingahuzulanga | zingahuzulanga |
| Class 9 | yāhuzula | eyāhuzula | yāhuzula | ayihuzulanga | engahuzulanga | ingahuzulanga |
| Class 10 | zāhuzula | ezāhuzula | zāhuzula | azihuzulanga | ezingahuzulanga | zingahuzulanga |
| Class 11 | lwāhuzula | olwāhuzula | lwāhuzula | aluhuzulanga | olungahuzulanga | lungahuzulanga |
| Class 14 | bāhuzula | obāhuzula | bāhuzula | abuhuzulanga | obungahuzulanga | bungahuzulanga |
| Class 15 | kwāhuzula | okwāhuzula | kwāhuzula | akuhuzulanga | okungahuzulanga | kungahuzulanga |
| Class 17 | kwāhuzula | okwāhuzula | kwāhuzula | akuhuzulanga | okungahuzulanga | kungahuzulanga |
| | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngingahuzula | — | ngingahuzula | ngingehuzule | — | ngingehuzule |
| 2nd singular | ungahuzula | — | ungahuzula | ungehuzule | — | ungehuzule |
| 1st plural | singahuzula | — | singahuzula | singehuzule | — | singehuzule |
| 2nd plural | ningahuzula | — | ningahuzula | ningehuzule | — | ningehuzule |
| Class 1 | angahuzula | — | engahuzula | angehuzule | — | engehuzule |
| Class 2 | bangahuzula | — | bengahuzula | bangehuzule | — | bengehuzule |
| Class 3 | ungahuzula | — | ungahuzula | ungehuzule | — | ungehuzule |
| Class 4 | ingahuzula | — | ingahuzula | ingehuzule | — | ingehuzule |
| Class 5 | lingahuzula | — | lingahuzula | lingehuzule | — | lingehuzule |
| Class 6 | angahuzula | — | engahuzula | angehuzule | — | engehuzule |
| Class 7 | singahuzula | — | singahuzula | singehuzule | — | singehuzule |
| Class 8 | zingahuzula | — | zingahuzula | zingehuzule | — | zingehuzule |
| Class 9 | ingahuzula | — | ingahuzula | ingehuzule | — | ingehuzule |
| Class 10 | zingahuzula | — | zingahuzula | zingehuzule | — | zingehuzule |
| Class 11 | lungahuzula | — | lungahuzula | lungehuzule | — | lungehuzule |
| Class 14 | bungahuzula | — | bungahuzula | bungehuzule | — | bungehuzule |
| Class 15 | kungahuzula | — | kungahuzula | kungehuzule | — | kungehuzule |
| Class 17 | kungahuzula | — | kungahuzula | kungehuzule | — | kungehuzule |
| | 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 | ngizohuzula | engizohuzula | ngizohuzula | angizuhuzula | engingezuhuzula | ngingezuhuzula |
| 2nd singular | uzohuzula | ozohuzula | uzohuzula | awuzuhuzula | ongezuhuzula | ungezuhuzula |
| 1st plural | sizohuzula | esizohuzula | sizohuzula | asizuhuzula | esingezuhuzula | singezuhuzula |
| 2nd plural | nizohuzula | enizohuzula | nizohuzula | anizuhuzula | eningezuhuzula | ningezuhuzula |
| Class 1 | uzohuzula | ozohuzula | ezohuzula | akazuhuzula | ongezuhuzula | engezuhuzula |
| Class 2 | bazohuzula | abazohuzula | bezohuzula | abazuhuzula | abangezuhuzula | bengezuhuzula |
| Class 3 | uzohuzula | ozohuzula | uzohuzula | awuzuhuzula | ongezuhuzula | ungezuhuzula |
| Class 4 | izohuzula | ezohuzula | izohuzula | ayizuhuzula | engezuhuzula | ingezuhuzula |
| Class 5 | lizohuzula | elizohuzula | lizohuzula | alizuhuzula | elingezuhuzula | lingezuhuzula |
| Class 6 | azohuzula | azohuzula | ezohuzula | awazuhuzula | angezuhuzula | engezuhuzula |
| Class 7 | sizohuzula | esizohuzula | sizohuzula | asizuhuzula | esingezuhuzula | singezuhuzula |
| Class 8 | zizohuzula | ezizohuzula | zizohuzula | azizuhuzula | ezingezuhuzula | zingezuhuzula |
| Class 9 | izohuzula | ezohuzula | izohuzula | ayizuhuzula | engezuhuzula | ingezuhuzula |
| Class 10 | zizohuzula | ezizohuzula | zizohuzula | azizuhuzula | ezingezuhuzula | zingezuhuzula |
| Class 11 | luzohuzula | oluzohuzula | luzohuzula | aluzuhuzula | olungezuhuzula | lungezuhuzula |
| Class 14 | buzohuzula | obuzohuzula | buzohuzula | abuzuhuzula | obungezuhuzula | bungezuhuzula |
| Class 15 | kuzohuzula | okuzohuzula | kuzohuzula | akuzuhuzula | okungezuhuzula | kungezuhuzula |
| Class 17 | kuzohuzula | okuzohuzula | kuzohuzula | akuzuhuzula | okungezuhuzula | kungezuhuzula |
| | 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 | ngiyohuzula | engiyohuzula | ngiyohuzula | angiyuhuzula | engingeyuhuzula | ngingeyuhuzula |
| 2nd singular | uyohuzula | oyohuzula | uyohuzula | awuyuhuzula | ongeyuhuzula | ungeyuhuzula |
| 1st plural | siyohuzula | esiyohuzula | siyohuzula | asiyuhuzula | esingeyuhuzula | singeyuhuzula |
| 2nd plural | niyohuzula | eniyohuzula | niyohuzula | aniyuhuzula | eningeyuhuzula | ningeyuhuzula |
| Class 1 | uyohuzula | oyohuzula | eyohuzula | akayuhuzula | ongeyuhuzula | engeyuhuzula |
| Class 2 | bayohuzula | abayohuzula | beyohuzula | abayuhuzula | abangeyuhuzula | bengeyuhuzula |
| Class 3 | uyohuzula | oyohuzula | uyohuzula | awuyuhuzula | ongeyuhuzula | ungeyuhuzula |
| Class 4 | iyohuzula | eyohuzula | iyohuzula | ayiyuhuzula | engeyuhuzula | ingeyuhuzula |
| Class 5 | liyohuzula | eliyohuzula | liyohuzula | aliyuhuzula | elingeyuhuzula | lingeyuhuzula |
| Class 6 | ayohuzula | ayohuzula | eyohuzula | awayuhuzula | angeyuhuzula | engeyuhuzula |
| Class 7 | siyohuzula | esiyohuzula | siyohuzula | asiyuhuzula | esingeyuhuzula | singeyuhuzula |
| Class 8 | ziyohuzula | eziyohuzula | ziyohuzula | aziyuhuzula | ezingeyuhuzula | zingeyuhuzula |
| Class 9 | iyohuzula | eyohuzula | iyohuzula | ayiyuhuzula | engeyuhuzula | ingeyuhuzula |
| Class 10 | ziyohuzula | eziyohuzula | ziyohuzula | aziyuhuzula | ezingeyuhuzula | zingeyuhuzula |
| Class 11 | luyohuzula | oluyohuzula | luyohuzula | aluyuhuzula | olungeyuhuzula | lungeyuhuzula |
| Class 14 | buyohuzula | obuyohuzula | buyohuzula | abuyuhuzula | obungeyuhuzula | bungeyuhuzula |
| Class 15 | kuyohuzula | okuyohuzula | kuyohuzula | akuyuhuzula | okungeyuhuzula | kungeyuhuzula |
| Class 17 | kuyohuzula | okuyohuzula | kuyohuzula | akuyuhuzula | okungeyuhuzula | kungeyuhuzula |
| | Present subjunctive | Present subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngihuzule | ngingahuzuli |
| 2nd singular | uhuzule | ungahuzuli |
| 1st plural | sihuzule | singahuzuli |
| 2nd plural | nihuzule | ningahuzuli |
| Class 1 | ahuzule | angahuzuli |
| Class 2 | bahuzule | bangahuzuli |
| Class 3 | uhuzule | ungahuzuli |
| Class 4 | ihuzule | ingahuzuli |
| Class 5 | lihuzule | lingahuzuli |
| Class 6 | ahuzule | angahuzuli |
| Class 7 | sihuzule | singahuzuli |
| Class 8 | zihuzule | zingahuzuli |
| Class 9 | ihuzule | ingahuzuli |
| Class 10 | zihuzule | zingahuzuli |
| Class 11 | luhuzule | lungahuzuli |
| Class 14 | buhuzule | bungahuzuli |
| Class 15 | kuhuzule | kungahuzuli |
| Class 17 | kuhuzule | kungahuzuli |
| | Past subjunctive | Past subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngahuzula | ngangahuzula, angahuzula, angangahuzula |
| 2nd singular | wahuzula | wangahuzula, awahuzula, awangahuzula |
| 1st plural | sahuzula | sangahuzula, asahuzula, asangahuzula |
| 2nd plural | nahuzula | nangahuzula, anahuzula, anangahuzula |
| Class 1 | wahuzula | wangahuzula, akahuzula, akangahuzula |
| Class 2 | bahuzula | bangahuzula, abahuzula, abangahuzula |
| Class 3 | wahuzula | wangahuzula, awahuzula, awangahuzula |
| Class 4 | yahuzula | yangahuzula, ayahuzula, ayangahuzula |
| Class 5 | lahuzula | langahuzula, alahuzula, alangahuzula |
| Class 6 | ahuzula | angahuzula, awahuzula, awangahuzula |
| Class 7 | sahuzula | sangahuzula, asahuzula, asangahuzula |
| Class 8 | zahuzula | zangahuzula, azahuzula, azangahuzula |
| Class 9 | yahuzula | yangahuzula, ayahuzula, ayangahuzula |
| Class 10 | zahuzula | zangahuzula, azahuzula, azangahuzula |
| Class 11 | lwahuzula | lwangahuzula, alwahuzula, alwangahuzula |
| Class 14 | bahuzula | bangahuzula, abahuzula, abangahuzula |
| Class 15 | kwahuzula | kwangahuzula, akwahuzula, akwangahuzula |
| Class 17 | kwahuzula | kwangahuzula, akwahuzula, akwangahuzula |

#### Derived terms

* umhuzulo

### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “huzula”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “huzula (3.2.9)”