# layela
## Zulu
### Verb

-layela$^?$
* (transitive) to direct, to instruct, to show the way

#### Inflection

Tone unknown :
| Infinitive | ukulayela |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Infinitive | ukulayela | ukungalayeli |
| | Imperative | Imperative |
| | Simple | + object concord |
| Singular | layela | -layele |
| Plural | layelani | -layeleni |
| | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngiyalayela, ngilayela | engilayelayo, engilayela | ngilayela | angilayeli | engingalayeli | ngingalayeli |
| 2nd singular | uyalayela, ulayela | olayelayo, olayela | ulayela | awulayeli | ongalayeli | ungalayeli |
| 1st plural | siyalayela, silayela | esilayelayo, esilayela | silayela | asilayeli | esingalayeli | singalayeli |
| 2nd plural | niyalayela, nilayela | enilayelayo, enilayela | nilayela | anilayeli | eningalayeli | ningalayeli |
| Class 1 | uyalayela, ulayela | olayelayo, olayela | elayela | akalayeli | ongalayeli | engalayeli |
| Class 2 | bayalayela, balayela | abalayelayo, abalayela | belayela | abalayeli | abangalayeli | bengalayeli |
| Class 3 | uyalayela, ulayela | olayelayo, olayela | ulayela | awulayeli | ongalayeli | ungalayeli |
| Class 4 | iyalayela, ilayela | elayelayo, elayela | ilayela | ayilayeli | engalayeli | ingalayeli |
| Class 5 | liyalayela, lilayela | elilayelayo, elilayela | lilayela | alilayeli | elingalayeli | lingalayeli |
| Class 6 | ayalayela, alayela | alayelayo, alayela | elayela | awalayeli | angalayeli | engalayeli |
| Class 7 | siyalayela, silayela | esilayelayo, esilayela | silayela | asilayeli | esingalayeli | singalayeli |
| Class 8 | ziyalayela, zilayela | ezilayelayo, ezilayela | zilayela | azilayeli | ezingalayeli | zingalayeli |
| Class 9 | iyalayela, ilayela | elayelayo, elayela | ilayela | ayilayeli | engalayeli | ingalayeli |
| Class 10 | ziyalayela, zilayela | ezilayelayo, ezilayela | zilayela | azilayeli | ezingalayeli | zingalayeli |
| Class 11 | luyalayela, lulayela | olulayelayo, olulayela | lulayela | alulayeli | olungalayeli | lungalayeli |
| Class 14 | buyalayela, bulayela | obulayelayo, obulayela | bulayela | abulayeli | obungalayeli | bungalayeli |
| Class 15 | kuyalayela, kulayela | okulayelayo, okulayela | kulayela | akulayeli | okungalayeli | kungalayeli |
| Class 17 | kuyalayela, kulayela | okulayelayo, okulayela | kulayela | akulayeli | okungalayeli | kungalayeli |
| | 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 | ngilayelile, ngilayelē | engilayelile, engilayelē | ngilayelile, ngilayelē | angilayelanga | engingalayelanga | ngingalayelanga |
| 2nd singular | ulayelile, ulayelē | olayelile, olayelē | ulayelile, ulayelē | awulayelanga | ongalayelanga | ungalayelanga |
| 1st plural | silayelile, silayelē | esilayelile, esilayelē | silayelile, silayelē | asilayelanga | esingalayelanga | singalayelanga |
| 2nd plural | nilayelile, nilayelē | enilayelile, enilayelē | nilayelile, nilayelē | anilayelanga | eningalayelanga | ningalayelanga |
| Class 1 | ulayelile, ulayelē | olayelile, olayelē | elayelile, elayelē | akalayelanga | ongalayelanga | engalayelanga |
| Class 2 | balayelile, balayelē | abalayelile, abalayelē | belayelile, belayelē | abalayelanga | abangalayelanga | bengalayelanga |
| Class 3 | ulayelile, ulayelē | olayelile, olayelē | ulayelile, ulayelē | awulayelanga | ongalayelanga | ungalayelanga |
| Class 4 | ilayelile, ilayelē | elayelile, elayelē | ilayelile, ilayelē | ayilayelanga | engalayelanga | ingalayelanga |
| Class 5 | lilayelile, lilayelē | elilayelile, elilayelē | lilayelile, lilayelē | alilayelanga | elingalayelanga | lingalayelanga |
| Class 6 | alayelile, alayelē | alayelile, alayelē | elayelile, elayelē | awalayelanga | angalayelanga | engalayelanga |
| Class 7 | silayelile, silayelē | esilayelile, esilayelē | silayelile, silayelē | asilayelanga | esingalayelanga | singalayelanga |
| Class 8 | zilayelile, zilayelē | ezilayelile, ezilayelē | zilayelile, zilayelē | azilayelanga | ezingalayelanga | zingalayelanga |
| Class 9 | ilayelile, ilayelē | elayelile, elayelē | ilayelile, ilayelē | ayilayelanga | engalayelanga | ingalayelanga |
| Class 10 | zilayelile, zilayelē | ezilayelile, ezilayelē | zilayelile, zilayelē | azilayelanga | ezingalayelanga | zingalayelanga |
| Class 11 | lulayelile, lulayelē | olulayelile, olulayelē | lulayelile, lulayelē | alulayelanga | olungalayelanga | lungalayelanga |
| Class 14 | bulayelile, bulayelē | obulayelile, obulayelē | bulayelile, bulayelē | abulayelanga | obungalayelanga | bungalayelanga |
| Class 15 | kulayelile, kulayelē | okulayelile, okulayelē | kulayelile, kulayelē | akulayelanga | okungalayelanga | kungalayelanga |
| Class 17 | kulayelile, kulayelē | okulayelile, okulayelē | kulayelile, kulayelē | akulayelanga | okungalayelanga | kungalayelanga |
| | 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 | ngālayela | engālayela | ngālayela | angilayelanga | engingalayelanga | ngingalayelanga |
| 2nd singular | wālayela | owālayela | wālayela | awulayelanga | ongalayelanga | ungalayelanga |
| 1st plural | sālayela | esālayela | sālayela | asilayelanga | esingalayelanga | singalayelanga |
| 2nd plural | nālayela | enālayela | nālayela | anilayelanga | eningalayelanga | ningalayelanga |
| Class 1 | wālayela | owālayela | ālayela | akalayelanga | ongalayelanga | engalayelanga |
| Class 2 | bālayela | abālayela | bālayela | abalayelanga | abangalayelanga | bengalayelanga |
| Class 3 | wālayela | owālayela | wālayela | awulayelanga | ongalayelanga | ungalayelanga |
| Class 4 | yālayela | eyālayela | yālayela | ayilayelanga | engalayelanga | ingalayelanga |
| Class 5 | lālayela | elālayela | lālayela | alilayelanga | elingalayelanga | lingalayelanga |
| Class 6 | ālayela | ālayela | ālayela | awalayelanga | angalayelanga | engalayelanga |
| Class 7 | sālayela | esālayela | sālayela | asilayelanga | esingalayelanga | singalayelanga |
| Class 8 | zālayela | ezālayela | zālayela | azilayelanga | ezingalayelanga | zingalayelanga |
| Class 9 | yālayela | eyālayela | yālayela | ayilayelanga | engalayelanga | ingalayelanga |
| Class 10 | zālayela | ezālayela | zālayela | azilayelanga | ezingalayelanga | zingalayelanga |
| Class 11 | lwālayela | olwālayela | lwālayela | alulayelanga | olungalayelanga | lungalayelanga |
| Class 14 | bālayela | obālayela | bālayela | abulayelanga | obungalayelanga | bungalayelanga |
| Class 15 | kwālayela | okwālayela | kwālayela | akulayelanga | okungalayelanga | kungalayelanga |
| Class 17 | kwālayela | okwālayela | kwālayela | akulayelanga | okungalayelanga | kungalayelanga |
| | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngingalayela | — | ngingalayela | ngingelayele | — | ngingelayele |
| 2nd singular | ungalayela | — | ungalayela | ungelayele | — | ungelayele |
| 1st plural | singalayela | — | singalayela | singelayele | — | singelayele |
| 2nd plural | ningalayela | — | ningalayela | ningelayele | — | ningelayele |
| Class 1 | angalayela | — | engalayela | angelayele | — | engelayele |
| Class 2 | bangalayela | — | bengalayela | bangelayele | — | bengelayele |
| Class 3 | ungalayela | — | ungalayela | ungelayele | — | ungelayele |
| Class 4 | ingalayela | — | ingalayela | ingelayele | — | ingelayele |
| Class 5 | lingalayela | — | lingalayela | lingelayele | — | lingelayele |
| Class 6 | angalayela | — | engalayela | angelayele | — | engelayele |
| Class 7 | singalayela | — | singalayela | singelayele | — | singelayele |
| Class 8 | zingalayela | — | zingalayela | zingelayele | — | zingelayele |
| Class 9 | ingalayela | — | ingalayela | ingelayele | — | ingelayele |
| Class 10 | zingalayela | — | zingalayela | zingelayele | — | zingelayele |
| Class 11 | lungalayela | — | lungalayela | lungelayele | — | lungelayele |
| Class 14 | bungalayela | — | bungalayela | bungelayele | — | bungelayele |
| Class 15 | kungalayela | — | kungalayela | kungelayele | — | kungelayele |
| Class 17 | kungalayela | — | kungalayela | kungelayele | — | kungelayele |
| | 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 | ngizolayela | engizolayela | ngizolayela | angizulayela | engingezulayela | ngingezulayela |
| 2nd singular | uzolayela | ozolayela | uzolayela | awuzulayela | ongezulayela | ungezulayela |
| 1st plural | sizolayela | esizolayela | sizolayela | asizulayela | esingezulayela | singezulayela |
| 2nd plural | nizolayela | enizolayela | nizolayela | anizulayela | eningezulayela | ningezulayela |
| Class 1 | uzolayela | ozolayela | ezolayela | akazulayela | ongezulayela | engezulayela |
| Class 2 | bazolayela | abazolayela | bezolayela | abazulayela | abangezulayela | bengezulayela |
| Class 3 | uzolayela | ozolayela | uzolayela | awuzulayela | ongezulayela | ungezulayela |
| Class 4 | izolayela | ezolayela | izolayela | ayizulayela | engezulayela | ingezulayela |
| Class 5 | lizolayela | elizolayela | lizolayela | alizulayela | elingezulayela | lingezulayela |
| Class 6 | azolayela | azolayela | ezolayela | awazulayela | angezulayela | engezulayela |
| Class 7 | sizolayela | esizolayela | sizolayela | asizulayela | esingezulayela | singezulayela |
| Class 8 | zizolayela | ezizolayela | zizolayela | azizulayela | ezingezulayela | zingezulayela |
| Class 9 | izolayela | ezolayela | izolayela | ayizulayela | engezulayela | ingezulayela |
| Class 10 | zizolayela | ezizolayela | zizolayela | azizulayela | ezingezulayela | zingezulayela |
| Class 11 | luzolayela | oluzolayela | luzolayela | aluzulayela | olungezulayela | lungezulayela |
| Class 14 | buzolayela | obuzolayela | buzolayela | abuzulayela | obungezulayela | bungezulayela |
| Class 15 | kuzolayela | okuzolayela | kuzolayela | akuzulayela | okungezulayela | kungezulayela |
| Class 17 | kuzolayela | okuzolayela | kuzolayela | akuzulayela | okungezulayela | kungezulayela |
| | 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 | ngiyolayela | engiyolayela | ngiyolayela | angiyulayela | engingeyulayela | ngingeyulayela |
| 2nd singular | uyolayela | oyolayela | uyolayela | awuyulayela | ongeyulayela | ungeyulayela |
| 1st plural | siyolayela | esiyolayela | siyolayela | asiyulayela | esingeyulayela | singeyulayela |
| 2nd plural | niyolayela | eniyolayela | niyolayela | aniyulayela | eningeyulayela | ningeyulayela |
| Class 1 | uyolayela | oyolayela | eyolayela | akayulayela | ongeyulayela | engeyulayela |
| Class 2 | bayolayela | abayolayela | beyolayela | abayulayela | abangeyulayela | bengeyulayela |
| Class 3 | uyolayela | oyolayela | uyolayela | awuyulayela | ongeyulayela | ungeyulayela |
| Class 4 | iyolayela | eyolayela | iyolayela | ayiyulayela | engeyulayela | ingeyulayela |
| Class 5 | liyolayela | eliyolayela | liyolayela | aliyulayela | elingeyulayela | lingeyulayela |
| Class 6 | ayolayela | ayolayela | eyolayela | awayulayela | angeyulayela | engeyulayela |
| Class 7 | siyolayela | esiyolayela | siyolayela | asiyulayela | esingeyulayela | singeyulayela |
| Class 8 | ziyolayela | eziyolayela | ziyolayela | aziyulayela | ezingeyulayela | zingeyulayela |
| Class 9 | iyolayela | eyolayela | iyolayela | ayiyulayela | engeyulayela | ingeyulayela |
| Class 10 | ziyolayela | eziyolayela | ziyolayela | aziyulayela | ezingeyulayela | zingeyulayela |
| Class 11 | luyolayela | oluyolayela | luyolayela | aluyulayela | olungeyulayela | lungeyulayela |
| Class 14 | buyolayela | obuyolayela | buyolayela | abuyulayela | obungeyulayela | bungeyulayela |
| Class 15 | kuyolayela | okuyolayela | kuyolayela | akuyulayela | okungeyulayela | kungeyulayela |
| Class 17 | kuyolayela | okuyolayela | kuyolayela | akuyulayela | okungeyulayela | kungeyulayela |
| | Present subjunctive | Present subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngilayele | ngingalayeli |
| 2nd singular | ulayele | ungalayeli |
| 1st plural | silayele | singalayeli |
| 2nd plural | nilayele | ningalayeli |
| Class 1 | alayele | angalayeli |
| Class 2 | balayele | bangalayeli |
| Class 3 | ulayele | ungalayeli |
| Class 4 | ilayele | ingalayeli |
| Class 5 | lilayele | lingalayeli |
| Class 6 | alayele | angalayeli |
| Class 7 | silayele | singalayeli |
| Class 8 | zilayele | zingalayeli |
| Class 9 | ilayele | ingalayeli |
| Class 10 | zilayele | zingalayeli |
| Class 11 | lulayele | lungalayeli |
| Class 14 | bulayele | bungalayeli |
| Class 15 | kulayele | kungalayeli |
| Class 17 | kulayele | kungalayeli |
| | Past subjunctive | Past subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngalayela | ngangalayela, angalayela, angangalayela |
| 2nd singular | walayela | wangalayela, awalayela, awangalayela |
| 1st plural | salayela | sangalayela, asalayela, asangalayela |
| 2nd plural | nalayela | nangalayela, analayela, anangalayela |
| Class 1 | walayela | wangalayela, akalayela, akangalayela |
| Class 2 | balayela | bangalayela, abalayela, abangalayela |
| Class 3 | walayela | wangalayela, awalayela, awangalayela |
| Class 4 | yalayela | yangalayela, ayalayela, ayangalayela |
| Class 5 | lalayela | langalayela, alalayela, alangalayela |
| Class 6 | alayela | angalayela, awalayela, awangalayela |
| Class 7 | salayela | sangalayela, asalayela, asangalayela |
| Class 8 | zalayela | zangalayela, azalayela, azangalayela |
| Class 9 | yalayela | yangalayela, ayalayela, ayangalayela |
| Class 10 | zalayela | zangalayela, azalayela, azangalayela |
| Class 11 | lwalayela | lwangalayela, alwalayela, alwangalayela |
| Class 14 | balayela | bangalayela, abalayela, abangalayela |
| Class 15 | kwalayela | kwangalayela, akwalayela, akwangalayela |
| Class 17 | kwalayela | kwangalayela, akwalayela, akwangalayela |