# lethela
## Zulu
### Etymology

From -letha +‎ -ela.

### Verb

-lethela$^?$
* (transitive) to bring for/to

#### Inflection

Tone unknown :
| Infinitive | ukulethela |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Infinitive | ukulethela | ukungaletheli |
| | Imperative | Imperative |
| | Simple | + object concord |
| Singular | lethela | -lethele |
| Plural | lethelani | -letheleni |
| | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngiyalethela, ngilethela | engilethelayo, engilethela | ngilethela | angiletheli | engingaletheli | ngingaletheli |
| 2nd singular | uyalethela, ulethela | olethelayo, olethela | ulethela | awuletheli | ongaletheli | ungaletheli |
| 1st plural | siyalethela, silethela | esilethelayo, esilethela | silethela | asiletheli | esingaletheli | singaletheli |
| 2nd plural | niyalethela, nilethela | enilethelayo, enilethela | nilethela | aniletheli | eningaletheli | ningaletheli |
| Class 1 | uyalethela, ulethela | olethelayo, olethela | elethela | akaletheli | ongaletheli | engaletheli |
| Class 2 | bayalethela, balethela | abalethelayo, abalethela | belethela | abaletheli | abangaletheli | bengaletheli |
| Class 3 | uyalethela, ulethela | olethelayo, olethela | ulethela | awuletheli | ongaletheli | ungaletheli |
| Class 4 | iyalethela, ilethela | elethelayo, elethela | ilethela | ayiletheli | engaletheli | ingaletheli |
| Class 5 | liyalethela, lilethela | elilethelayo, elilethela | lilethela | aliletheli | elingaletheli | lingaletheli |
| Class 6 | ayalethela, alethela | alethelayo, alethela | elethela | awaletheli | angaletheli | engaletheli |
| Class 7 | siyalethela, silethela | esilethelayo, esilethela | silethela | asiletheli | esingaletheli | singaletheli |
| Class 8 | ziyalethela, zilethela | ezilethelayo, ezilethela | zilethela | aziletheli | ezingaletheli | zingaletheli |
| Class 9 | iyalethela, ilethela | elethelayo, elethela | ilethela | ayiletheli | engaletheli | ingaletheli |
| Class 10 | ziyalethela, zilethela | ezilethelayo, ezilethela | zilethela | aziletheli | ezingaletheli | zingaletheli |
| Class 11 | luyalethela, lulethela | olulethelayo, olulethela | lulethela | aluletheli | olungaletheli | lungaletheli |
| Class 14 | buyalethela, bulethela | obulethelayo, obulethela | bulethela | abuletheli | obungaletheli | bungaletheli |
| Class 15 | kuyalethela, kulethela | okulethelayo, okulethela | kulethela | akuletheli | okungaletheli | kungaletheli |
| Class 17 | kuyalethela, kulethela | okulethelayo, okulethela | kulethela | akuletheli | okungaletheli | kungaletheli |
| | 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 | ngilethelile, ngilethelē | engilethelile, engilethelē | ngilethelile, ngilethelē | angilethelanga | engingalethelanga | ngingalethelanga |
| 2nd singular | ulethelile, ulethelē | olethelile, olethelē | ulethelile, ulethelē | awulethelanga | ongalethelanga | ungalethelanga |
| 1st plural | silethelile, silethelē | esilethelile, esilethelē | silethelile, silethelē | asilethelanga | esingalethelanga | singalethelanga |
| 2nd plural | nilethelile, nilethelē | enilethelile, enilethelē | nilethelile, nilethelē | anilethelanga | eningalethelanga | ningalethelanga |
| Class 1 | ulethelile, ulethelē | olethelile, olethelē | elethelile, elethelē | akalethelanga | ongalethelanga | engalethelanga |
| Class 2 | balethelile, balethelē | abalethelile, abalethelē | belethelile, belethelē | abalethelanga | abangalethelanga | bengalethelanga |
| Class 3 | ulethelile, ulethelē | olethelile, olethelē | ulethelile, ulethelē | awulethelanga | ongalethelanga | ungalethelanga |
| Class 4 | ilethelile, ilethelē | elethelile, elethelē | ilethelile, ilethelē | ayilethelanga | engalethelanga | ingalethelanga |
| Class 5 | lilethelile, lilethelē | elilethelile, elilethelē | lilethelile, lilethelē | alilethelanga | elingalethelanga | lingalethelanga |
| Class 6 | alethelile, alethelē | alethelile, alethelē | elethelile, elethelē | awalethelanga | angalethelanga | engalethelanga |
| Class 7 | silethelile, silethelē | esilethelile, esilethelē | silethelile, silethelē | asilethelanga | esingalethelanga | singalethelanga |
| Class 8 | zilethelile, zilethelē | ezilethelile, ezilethelē | zilethelile, zilethelē | azilethelanga | ezingalethelanga | zingalethelanga |
| Class 9 | ilethelile, ilethelē | elethelile, elethelē | ilethelile, ilethelē | ayilethelanga | engalethelanga | ingalethelanga |
| Class 10 | zilethelile, zilethelē | ezilethelile, ezilethelē | zilethelile, zilethelē | azilethelanga | ezingalethelanga | zingalethelanga |
| Class 11 | lulethelile, lulethelē | olulethelile, olulethelē | lulethelile, lulethelē | alulethelanga | olungalethelanga | lungalethelanga |
| Class 14 | bulethelile, bulethelē | obulethelile, obulethelē | bulethelile, bulethelē | abulethelanga | obungalethelanga | bungalethelanga |
| Class 15 | kulethelile, kulethelē | okulethelile, okulethelē | kulethelile, kulethelē | akulethelanga | okungalethelanga | kungalethelanga |
| Class 17 | kulethelile, kulethelē | okulethelile, okulethelē | kulethelile, kulethelē | akulethelanga | okungalethelanga | kungalethelanga |
| | 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 | ngālethela | engālethela | ngālethela | angilethelanga | engingalethelanga | ngingalethelanga |
| 2nd singular | wālethela | owālethela | wālethela | awulethelanga | ongalethelanga | ungalethelanga |
| 1st plural | sālethela | esālethela | sālethela | asilethelanga | esingalethelanga | singalethelanga |
| 2nd plural | nālethela | enālethela | nālethela | anilethelanga | eningalethelanga | ningalethelanga |
| Class 1 | wālethela | owālethela | ālethela | akalethelanga | ongalethelanga | engalethelanga |
| Class 2 | bālethela | abālethela | bālethela | abalethelanga | abangalethelanga | bengalethelanga |
| Class 3 | wālethela | owālethela | wālethela | awulethelanga | ongalethelanga | ungalethelanga |
| Class 4 | yālethela | eyālethela | yālethela | ayilethelanga | engalethelanga | ingalethelanga |
| Class 5 | lālethela | elālethela | lālethela | alilethelanga | elingalethelanga | lingalethelanga |
| Class 6 | ālethela | ālethela | ālethela | awalethelanga | angalethelanga | engalethelanga |
| Class 7 | sālethela | esālethela | sālethela | asilethelanga | esingalethelanga | singalethelanga |
| Class 8 | zālethela | ezālethela | zālethela | azilethelanga | ezingalethelanga | zingalethelanga |
| Class 9 | yālethela | eyālethela | yālethela | ayilethelanga | engalethelanga | ingalethelanga |
| Class 10 | zālethela | ezālethela | zālethela | azilethelanga | ezingalethelanga | zingalethelanga |
| Class 11 | lwālethela | olwālethela | lwālethela | alulethelanga | olungalethelanga | lungalethelanga |
| Class 14 | bālethela | obālethela | bālethela | abulethelanga | obungalethelanga | bungalethelanga |
| Class 15 | kwālethela | okwālethela | kwālethela | akulethelanga | okungalethelanga | kungalethelanga |
| Class 17 | kwālethela | okwālethela | kwālethela | akulethelanga | okungalethelanga | kungalethelanga |
| | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngingalethela | — | ngingalethela | ngingelethele | — | ngingelethele |
| 2nd singular | ungalethela | — | ungalethela | ungelethele | — | ungelethele |
| 1st plural | singalethela | — | singalethela | singelethele | — | singelethele |
| 2nd plural | ningalethela | — | ningalethela | ningelethele | — | ningelethele |
| Class 1 | angalethela | — | engalethela | angelethele | — | engelethele |
| Class 2 | bangalethela | — | bengalethela | bangelethele | — | bengelethele |
| Class 3 | ungalethela | — | ungalethela | ungelethele | — | ungelethele |
| Class 4 | ingalethela | — | ingalethela | ingelethele | — | ingelethele |
| Class 5 | lingalethela | — | lingalethela | lingelethele | — | lingelethele |
| Class 6 | angalethela | — | engalethela | angelethele | — | engelethele |
| Class 7 | singalethela | — | singalethela | singelethele | — | singelethele |
| Class 8 | zingalethela | — | zingalethela | zingelethele | — | zingelethele |
| Class 9 | ingalethela | — | ingalethela | ingelethele | — | ingelethele |
| Class 10 | zingalethela | — | zingalethela | zingelethele | — | zingelethele |
| Class 11 | lungalethela | — | lungalethela | lungelethele | — | lungelethele |
| Class 14 | bungalethela | — | bungalethela | bungelethele | — | bungelethele |
| Class 15 | kungalethela | — | kungalethela | kungelethele | — | kungelethele |
| Class 17 | kungalethela | — | kungalethela | kungelethele | — | kungelethele |
| | 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 | ngizolethela | engizolethela | ngizolethela | angizulethela | engingezulethela | ngingezulethela |
| 2nd singular | uzolethela | ozolethela | uzolethela | awuzulethela | ongezulethela | ungezulethela |
| 1st plural | sizolethela | esizolethela | sizolethela | asizulethela | esingezulethela | singezulethela |
| 2nd plural | nizolethela | enizolethela | nizolethela | anizulethela | eningezulethela | ningezulethela |
| Class 1 | uzolethela | ozolethela | ezolethela | akazulethela | ongezulethela | engezulethela |
| Class 2 | bazolethela | abazolethela | bezolethela | abazulethela | abangezulethela | bengezulethela |
| Class 3 | uzolethela | ozolethela | uzolethela | awuzulethela | ongezulethela | ungezulethela |
| Class 4 | izolethela | ezolethela | izolethela | ayizulethela | engezulethela | ingezulethela |
| Class 5 | lizolethela | elizolethela | lizolethela | alizulethela | elingezulethela | lingezulethela |
| Class 6 | azolethela | azolethela | ezolethela | awazulethela | angezulethela | engezulethela |
| Class 7 | sizolethela | esizolethela | sizolethela | asizulethela | esingezulethela | singezulethela |
| Class 8 | zizolethela | ezizolethela | zizolethela | azizulethela | ezingezulethela | zingezulethela |
| Class 9 | izolethela | ezolethela | izolethela | ayizulethela | engezulethela | ingezulethela |
| Class 10 | zizolethela | ezizolethela | zizolethela | azizulethela | ezingezulethela | zingezulethela |
| Class 11 | luzolethela | oluzolethela | luzolethela | aluzulethela | olungezulethela | lungezulethela |
| Class 14 | buzolethela | obuzolethela | buzolethela | abuzulethela | obungezulethela | bungezulethela |
| Class 15 | kuzolethela | okuzolethela | kuzolethela | akuzulethela | okungezulethela | kungezulethela |
| Class 17 | kuzolethela | okuzolethela | kuzolethela | akuzulethela | okungezulethela | kungezulethela |
| | 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 | ngiyolethela | engiyolethela | ngiyolethela | angiyulethela | engingeyulethela | ngingeyulethela |
| 2nd singular | uyolethela | oyolethela | uyolethela | awuyulethela | ongeyulethela | ungeyulethela |
| 1st plural | siyolethela | esiyolethela | siyolethela | asiyulethela | esingeyulethela | singeyulethela |
| 2nd plural | niyolethela | eniyolethela | niyolethela | aniyulethela | eningeyulethela | ningeyulethela |
| Class 1 | uyolethela | oyolethela | eyolethela | akayulethela | ongeyulethela | engeyulethela |
| Class 2 | bayolethela | abayolethela | beyolethela | abayulethela | abangeyulethela | bengeyulethela |
| Class 3 | uyolethela | oyolethela | uyolethela | awuyulethela | ongeyulethela | ungeyulethela |
| Class 4 | iyolethela | eyolethela | iyolethela | ayiyulethela | engeyulethela | ingeyulethela |
| Class 5 | liyolethela | eliyolethela | liyolethela | aliyulethela | elingeyulethela | lingeyulethela |
| Class 6 | ayolethela | ayolethela | eyolethela | awayulethela | angeyulethela | engeyulethela |
| Class 7 | siyolethela | esiyolethela | siyolethela | asiyulethela | esingeyulethela | singeyulethela |
| Class 8 | ziyolethela | eziyolethela | ziyolethela | aziyulethela | ezingeyulethela | zingeyulethela |
| Class 9 | iyolethela | eyolethela | iyolethela | ayiyulethela | engeyulethela | ingeyulethela |
| Class 10 | ziyolethela | eziyolethela | ziyolethela | aziyulethela | ezingeyulethela | zingeyulethela |
| Class 11 | luyolethela | oluyolethela | luyolethela | aluyulethela | olungeyulethela | lungeyulethela |
| Class 14 | buyolethela | obuyolethela | buyolethela | abuyulethela | obungeyulethela | bungeyulethela |
| Class 15 | kuyolethela | okuyolethela | kuyolethela | akuyulethela | okungeyulethela | kungeyulethela |
| Class 17 | kuyolethela | okuyolethela | kuyolethela | akuyulethela | okungeyulethela | kungeyulethela |
| | Present subjunctive | Present subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngilethele | ngingaletheli |
| 2nd singular | ulethele | ungaletheli |
| 1st plural | silethele | singaletheli |
| 2nd plural | nilethele | ningaletheli |
| Class 1 | alethele | angaletheli |
| Class 2 | balethele | bangaletheli |
| Class 3 | ulethele | ungaletheli |
| Class 4 | ilethele | ingaletheli |
| Class 5 | lilethele | lingaletheli |
| Class 6 | alethele | angaletheli |
| Class 7 | silethele | singaletheli |
| Class 8 | zilethele | zingaletheli |
| Class 9 | ilethele | ingaletheli |
| Class 10 | zilethele | zingaletheli |
| Class 11 | lulethele | lungaletheli |
| Class 14 | bulethele | bungaletheli |
| Class 15 | kulethele | kungaletheli |
| Class 17 | kulethele | kungaletheli |
| | Past subjunctive | Past subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngalethela | ngangalethela, angalethela, angangalethela |
| 2nd singular | walethela | wangalethela, awalethela, awangalethela |
| 1st plural | salethela | sangalethela, asalethela, asangalethela |
| 2nd plural | nalethela | nangalethela, analethela, anangalethela |
| Class 1 | walethela | wangalethela, akalethela, akangalethela |
| Class 2 | balethela | bangalethela, abalethela, abangalethela |
| Class 3 | walethela | wangalethela, awalethela, awangalethela |
| Class 4 | yalethela | yangalethela, ayalethela, ayangalethela |
| Class 5 | lalethela | langalethela, alalethela, alangalethela |
| Class 6 | alethela | angalethela, awalethela, awangalethela |
| Class 7 | salethela | sangalethela, asalethela, asangalethela |
| Class 8 | zalethela | zangalethela, azalethela, azangalethela |
| Class 9 | yalethela | yangalethela, ayalethela, ayangalethela |
| Class 10 | zalethela | zangalethela, azalethela, azangalethela |
| Class 11 | lwalethela | lwangalethela, alwalethela, alwangalethela |
| Class 14 | balethela | bangalethela, abalethela, abangalethela |
| Class 15 | kwalethela | kwangalethela, akwalethela, akwangalethela |
| Class 17 | kwalethela | kwangalethela, akwalethela, akwangalethela |

### References

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