# bukela
## Xhosa
### Etymology

From -buka +‎ -ela.

### Verb

-bukela$^?$
* (transitive) to watch

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Etymology

From -buka +‎ -ela.

### Verb

-bukéla
* to watch, to look on

#### Inflection

Tone H :
| Infinitive | ukubukela |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Infinitive | ukubukela | ukungabukeli |
| | Imperative | Imperative |
| | Simple | + object concord |
| Singular | bukela | -bukele |
| Plural | bukelani | -bukeleni |
| | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngiyabukela, ngibukela | engibukelayo, engibukela | ngibukela | angibukeli | engingabukeli | ngingabukeli |
| 2nd singular | uyabukela, ubukela | obukelayo, obukela | ubukela | awubukeli | ongabukeli | ungabukeli |
| 1st plural | siyabukela, sibukela | esibukelayo, esibukela | sibukela | asibukeli | esingabukeli | singabukeli |
| 2nd plural | niyabukela, nibukela | enibukelayo, enibukela | nibukela | anibukeli | eningabukeli | ningabukeli |
| Class 1 | uyabukela, ubukela | obukelayo, obukela | ebukela | akabukeli | ongabukeli | engabukeli |
| Class 2 | bayabukela, babukela | ababukelayo, ababukela | bebukela | ababukeli | abangabukeli | bengabukeli |
| Class 3 | uyabukela, ubukela | obukelayo, obukela | ubukela | awubukeli | ongabukeli | ungabukeli |
| Class 4 | iyabukela, ibukela | ebukelayo, ebukela | ibukela | ayibukeli | engabukeli | ingabukeli |
| Class 5 | liyabukela, libukela | elibukelayo, elibukela | libukela | alibukeli | elingabukeli | lingabukeli |
| Class 6 | ayabukela, abukela | abukelayo, abukela | ebukela | awabukeli | angabukeli | engabukeli |
| Class 7 | siyabukela, sibukela | esibukelayo, esibukela | sibukela | asibukeli | esingabukeli | singabukeli |
| Class 8 | ziyabukela, zibukela | ezibukelayo, ezibukela | zibukela | azibukeli | ezingabukeli | zingabukeli |
| Class 9 | iyabukela, ibukela | ebukelayo, ebukela | ibukela | ayibukeli | engabukeli | ingabukeli |
| Class 10 | ziyabukela, zibukela | ezibukelayo, ezibukela | zibukela | azibukeli | ezingabukeli | zingabukeli |
| Class 11 | luyabukela, lubukela | olubukelayo, olubukela | lubukela | alubukeli | olungabukeli | lungabukeli |
| Class 14 | buyabukela, bubukela | obubukelayo, obubukela | bubukela | abubukeli | obungabukeli | bungabukeli |
| Class 15 | kuyabukela, kubukela | okubukelayo, okubukela | kubukela | akubukeli | okungabukeli | kungabukeli |
| Class 17 | kuyabukela, kubukela | okubukelayo, okubukela | kubukela | akubukeli | okungabukeli | kungabukeli |
| | 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 | ngibukelile, ngibukelē | engibukelile, engibukelē | ngibukelile, ngibukelē | angibukelanga | engingabukelanga | ngingabukelanga |
| 2nd singular | ubukelile, ubukelē | obukelile, obukelē | ubukelile, ubukelē | awubukelanga | ongabukelanga | ungabukelanga |
| 1st plural | sibukelile, sibukelē | esibukelile, esibukelē | sibukelile, sibukelē | asibukelanga | esingabukelanga | singabukelanga |
| 2nd plural | nibukelile, nibukelē | enibukelile, enibukelē | nibukelile, nibukelē | anibukelanga | eningabukelanga | ningabukelanga |
| Class 1 | ubukelile, ubukelē | obukelile, obukelē | ebukelile, ebukelē | akabukelanga | ongabukelanga | engabukelanga |
| Class 2 | babukelile, babukelē | ababukelile, ababukelē | bebukelile, bebukelē | ababukelanga | abangabukelanga | bengabukelanga |
| Class 3 | ubukelile, ubukelē | obukelile, obukelē | ubukelile, ubukelē | awubukelanga | ongabukelanga | ungabukelanga |
| Class 4 | ibukelile, ibukelē | ebukelile, ebukelē | ibukelile, ibukelē | ayibukelanga | engabukelanga | ingabukelanga |
| Class 5 | libukelile, libukelē | elibukelile, elibukelē | libukelile, libukelē | alibukelanga | elingabukelanga | lingabukelanga |
| Class 6 | abukelile, abukelē | abukelile, abukelē | ebukelile, ebukelē | awabukelanga | angabukelanga | engabukelanga |
| Class 7 | sibukelile, sibukelē | esibukelile, esibukelē | sibukelile, sibukelē | asibukelanga | esingabukelanga | singabukelanga |
| Class 8 | zibukelile, zibukelē | ezibukelile, ezibukelē | zibukelile, zibukelē | azibukelanga | ezingabukelanga | zingabukelanga |
| Class 9 | ibukelile, ibukelē | ebukelile, ebukelē | ibukelile, ibukelē | ayibukelanga | engabukelanga | ingabukelanga |
| Class 10 | zibukelile, zibukelē | ezibukelile, ezibukelē | zibukelile, zibukelē | azibukelanga | ezingabukelanga | zingabukelanga |
| Class 11 | lubukelile, lubukelē | olubukelile, olubukelē | lubukelile, lubukelē | alubukelanga | olungabukelanga | lungabukelanga |
| Class 14 | bubukelile, bubukelē | obubukelile, obubukelē | bubukelile, bubukelē | abubukelanga | obungabukelanga | bungabukelanga |
| Class 15 | kubukelile, kubukelē | okubukelile, okubukelē | kubukelile, kubukelē | akubukelanga | okungabukelanga | kungabukelanga |
| Class 17 | kubukelile, kubukelē | okubukelile, okubukelē | kubukelile, kubukelē | akubukelanga | okungabukelanga | kungabukelanga |
| | 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 | ngābukela | engābukela | ngābukela | angibukelanga | engingabukelanga | ngingabukelanga |
| 2nd singular | wābukela | owābukela | wābukela | awubukelanga | ongabukelanga | ungabukelanga |
| 1st plural | sābukela | esābukela | sābukela | asibukelanga | esingabukelanga | singabukelanga |
| 2nd plural | nābukela | enābukela | nābukela | anibukelanga | eningabukelanga | ningabukelanga |
| Class 1 | wābukela | owābukela | ābukela | akabukelanga | ongabukelanga | engabukelanga |
| Class 2 | bābukela | abābukela | bābukela | ababukelanga | abangabukelanga | bengabukelanga |
| Class 3 | wābukela | owābukela | wābukela | awubukelanga | ongabukelanga | ungabukelanga |
| Class 4 | yābukela | eyābukela | yābukela | ayibukelanga | engabukelanga | ingabukelanga |
| Class 5 | lābukela | elābukela | lābukela | alibukelanga | elingabukelanga | lingabukelanga |
| Class 6 | ābukela | ābukela | ābukela | awabukelanga | angabukelanga | engabukelanga |
| Class 7 | sābukela | esābukela | sābukela | asibukelanga | esingabukelanga | singabukelanga |
| Class 8 | zābukela | ezābukela | zābukela | azibukelanga | ezingabukelanga | zingabukelanga |
| Class 9 | yābukela | eyābukela | yābukela | ayibukelanga | engabukelanga | ingabukelanga |
| Class 10 | zābukela | ezābukela | zābukela | azibukelanga | ezingabukelanga | zingabukelanga |
| Class 11 | lwābukela | olwābukela | lwābukela | alubukelanga | olungabukelanga | lungabukelanga |
| Class 14 | bābukela | obābukela | bābukela | abubukelanga | obungabukelanga | bungabukelanga |
| Class 15 | kwābukela | okwābukela | kwābukela | akubukelanga | okungabukelanga | kungabukelanga |
| Class 17 | kwābukela | okwābukela | kwābukela | akubukelanga | okungabukelanga | kungabukelanga |
| | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngingabukela | — | ngingabukela | ngingebukele | — | ngingebukele |
| 2nd singular | ungabukela | — | ungabukela | ungebukele | — | ungebukele |
| 1st plural | singabukela | — | singabukela | singebukele | — | singebukele |
| 2nd plural | ningabukela | — | ningabukela | ningebukele | — | ningebukele |
| Class 1 | angabukela | — | engabukela | angebukele | — | engebukele |
| Class 2 | bangabukela | — | bengabukela | bangebukele | — | bengebukele |
| Class 3 | ungabukela | — | ungabukela | ungebukele | — | ungebukele |
| Class 4 | ingabukela | — | ingabukela | ingebukele | — | ingebukele |
| Class 5 | lingabukela | — | lingabukela | lingebukele | — | lingebukele |
| Class 6 | angabukela | — | engabukela | angebukele | — | engebukele |
| Class 7 | singabukela | — | singabukela | singebukele | — | singebukele |
| Class 8 | zingabukela | — | zingabukela | zingebukele | — | zingebukele |
| Class 9 | ingabukela | — | ingabukela | ingebukele | — | ingebukele |
| Class 10 | zingabukela | — | zingabukela | zingebukele | — | zingebukele |
| Class 11 | lungabukela | — | lungabukela | lungebukele | — | lungebukele |
| Class 14 | bungabukela | — | bungabukela | bungebukele | — | bungebukele |
| Class 15 | kungabukela | — | kungabukela | kungebukele | — | kungebukele |
| Class 17 | kungabukela | — | kungabukela | kungebukele | — | kungebukele |
| | 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 | ngizobukela | engizobukela | ngizobukela | angizubukela | engingezubukela | ngingezubukela |
| 2nd singular | uzobukela | ozobukela | uzobukela | awuzubukela | ongezubukela | ungezubukela |
| 1st plural | sizobukela | esizobukela | sizobukela | asizubukela | esingezubukela | singezubukela |
| 2nd plural | nizobukela | enizobukela | nizobukela | anizubukela | eningezubukela | ningezubukela |
| Class 1 | uzobukela | ozobukela | ezobukela | akazubukela | ongezubukela | engezubukela |
| Class 2 | bazobukela | abazobukela | bezobukela | abazubukela | abangezubukela | bengezubukela |
| Class 3 | uzobukela | ozobukela | uzobukela | awuzubukela | ongezubukela | ungezubukela |
| Class 4 | izobukela | ezobukela | izobukela | ayizubukela | engezubukela | ingezubukela |
| Class 5 | lizobukela | elizobukela | lizobukela | alizubukela | elingezubukela | lingezubukela |
| Class 6 | azobukela | azobukela | ezobukela | awazubukela | angezubukela | engezubukela |
| Class 7 | sizobukela | esizobukela | sizobukela | asizubukela | esingezubukela | singezubukela |
| Class 8 | zizobukela | ezizobukela | zizobukela | azizubukela | ezingezubukela | zingezubukela |
| Class 9 | izobukela | ezobukela | izobukela | ayizubukela | engezubukela | ingezubukela |
| Class 10 | zizobukela | ezizobukela | zizobukela | azizubukela | ezingezubukela | zingezubukela |
| Class 11 | luzobukela | oluzobukela | luzobukela | aluzubukela | olungezubukela | lungezubukela |
| Class 14 | buzobukela | obuzobukela | buzobukela | abuzubukela | obungezubukela | bungezubukela |
| Class 15 | kuzobukela | okuzobukela | kuzobukela | akuzubukela | okungezubukela | kungezubukela |
| Class 17 | kuzobukela | okuzobukela | kuzobukela | akuzubukela | okungezubukela | kungezubukela |
| | 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 | ngiyobukela | engiyobukela | ngiyobukela | angiyubukela | engingeyubukela | ngingeyubukela |
| 2nd singular | uyobukela | oyobukela | uyobukela | awuyubukela | ongeyubukela | ungeyubukela |
| 1st plural | siyobukela | esiyobukela | siyobukela | asiyubukela | esingeyubukela | singeyubukela |
| 2nd plural | niyobukela | eniyobukela | niyobukela | aniyubukela | eningeyubukela | ningeyubukela |
| Class 1 | uyobukela | oyobukela | eyobukela | akayubukela | ongeyubukela | engeyubukela |
| Class 2 | bayobukela | abayobukela | beyobukela | abayubukela | abangeyubukela | bengeyubukela |
| Class 3 | uyobukela | oyobukela | uyobukela | awuyubukela | ongeyubukela | ungeyubukela |
| Class 4 | iyobukela | eyobukela | iyobukela | ayiyubukela | engeyubukela | ingeyubukela |
| Class 5 | liyobukela | eliyobukela | liyobukela | aliyubukela | elingeyubukela | lingeyubukela |
| Class 6 | ayobukela | ayobukela | eyobukela | awayubukela | angeyubukela | engeyubukela |
| Class 7 | siyobukela | esiyobukela | siyobukela | asiyubukela | esingeyubukela | singeyubukela |
| Class 8 | ziyobukela | eziyobukela | ziyobukela | aziyubukela | ezingeyubukela | zingeyubukela |
| Class 9 | iyobukela | eyobukela | iyobukela | ayiyubukela | engeyubukela | ingeyubukela |
| Class 10 | ziyobukela | eziyobukela | ziyobukela | aziyubukela | ezingeyubukela | zingeyubukela |
| Class 11 | luyobukela | oluyobukela | luyobukela | aluyubukela | olungeyubukela | lungeyubukela |
| Class 14 | buyobukela | obuyobukela | buyobukela | abuyubukela | obungeyubukela | bungeyubukela |
| Class 15 | kuyobukela | okuyobukela | kuyobukela | akuyubukela | okungeyubukela | kungeyubukela |
| Class 17 | kuyobukela | okuyobukela | kuyobukela | akuyubukela | okungeyubukela | kungeyubukela |
| | Present subjunctive | Present subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngibukele | ngingabukeli |
| 2nd singular | ubukele | ungabukeli |
| 1st plural | sibukele | singabukeli |
| 2nd plural | nibukele | ningabukeli |
| Class 1 | abukele | angabukeli |
| Class 2 | babukele | bangabukeli |
| Class 3 | ubukele | ungabukeli |
| Class 4 | ibukele | ingabukeli |
| Class 5 | libukele | lingabukeli |
| Class 6 | abukele | angabukeli |
| Class 7 | sibukele | singabukeli |
| Class 8 | zibukele | zingabukeli |
| Class 9 | ibukele | ingabukeli |
| Class 10 | zibukele | zingabukeli |
| Class 11 | lubukele | lungabukeli |
| Class 14 | bubukele | bungabukeli |
| Class 15 | kubukele | kungabukeli |
| Class 17 | kubukele | kungabukeli |
| | Past subjunctive | Past subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngabukela | ngangabukela, angabukela, angangabukela |
| 2nd singular | wabukela | wangabukela, awabukela, awangabukela |
| 1st plural | sabukela | sangabukela, asabukela, asangabukela |
| 2nd plural | nabukela | nangabukela, anabukela, anangabukela |
| Class 1 | wabukela | wangabukela, akabukela, akangabukela |
| Class 2 | babukela | bangabukela, ababukela, abangabukela |
| Class 3 | wabukela | wangabukela, awabukela, awangabukela |
| Class 4 | yabukela | yangabukela, ayabukela, ayangabukela |
| Class 5 | labukela | langabukela, alabukela, alangabukela |
| Class 6 | abukela | angabukela, awabukela, awangabukela |
| Class 7 | sabukela | sangabukela, asabukela, asangabukela |
| Class 8 | zabukela | zangabukela, azabukela, azangabukela |
| Class 9 | yabukela | yangabukela, ayabukela, ayangabukela |
| Class 10 | zabukela | zangabukela, azabukela, azangabukela |
| Class 11 | lwabukela | lwangabukela, alwabukela, alwangabukela |
| Class 14 | babukela | bangabukela, ababukela, abangabukela |
| Class 15 | kwabukela | kwangabukela, akwabukela, akwangabukela |
| Class 17 | kwabukela | kwangabukela, akwabukela, akwangabukela |

### References

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