# lungela
## Zulu
### Etymology

From -lunga +‎ -ela.

### Pronunciation

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### Verb

-lungela$^?$
* (transitive) to prepare for, to get ready for

#### Inflection

Tone unknown :
| Infinitive | ukulungela |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Infinitive | ukulungela | ukungalungeli |
| | Imperative | Imperative |
| | Simple | + object concord |
| Singular | lungela | -lungele |
| Plural | lungelani | -lungeleni |
| | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngiyalungela, ngilungela | engilungelayo, engilungela | ngilungela | angilungeli | engingalungeli | ngingalungeli |
| 2nd singular | uyalungela, ulungela | olungelayo, olungela | ulungela | awulungeli | ongalungeli | ungalungeli |
| 1st plural | siyalungela, silungela | esilungelayo, esilungela | silungela | asilungeli | esingalungeli | singalungeli |
| 2nd plural | niyalungela, nilungela | enilungelayo, enilungela | nilungela | anilungeli | eningalungeli | ningalungeli |
| Class 1 | uyalungela, ulungela | olungelayo, olungela | elungela | akalungeli | ongalungeli | engalungeli |
| Class 2 | bayalungela, balungela | abalungelayo, abalungela | belungela | abalungeli | abangalungeli | bengalungeli |
| Class 3 | uyalungela, ulungela | olungelayo, olungela | ulungela | awulungeli | ongalungeli | ungalungeli |
| Class 4 | iyalungela, ilungela | elungelayo, elungela | ilungela | ayilungeli | engalungeli | ingalungeli |
| Class 5 | liyalungela, lilungela | elilungelayo, elilungela | lilungela | alilungeli | elingalungeli | lingalungeli |
| Class 6 | ayalungela, alungela | alungelayo, alungela | elungela | awalungeli | angalungeli | engalungeli |
| Class 7 | siyalungela, silungela | esilungelayo, esilungela | silungela | asilungeli | esingalungeli | singalungeli |
| Class 8 | ziyalungela, zilungela | ezilungelayo, ezilungela | zilungela | azilungeli | ezingalungeli | zingalungeli |
| Class 9 | iyalungela, ilungela | elungelayo, elungela | ilungela | ayilungeli | engalungeli | ingalungeli |
| Class 10 | ziyalungela, zilungela | ezilungelayo, ezilungela | zilungela | azilungeli | ezingalungeli | zingalungeli |
| Class 11 | luyalungela, lulungela | olulungelayo, olulungela | lulungela | alulungeli | olungalungeli | lungalungeli |
| Class 14 | buyalungela, bulungela | obulungelayo, obulungela | bulungela | abulungeli | obungalungeli | bungalungeli |
| Class 15 | kuyalungela, kulungela | okulungelayo, okulungela | kulungela | akulungeli | okungalungeli | kungalungeli |
| Class 17 | kuyalungela, kulungela | okulungelayo, okulungela | kulungela | akulungeli | okungalungeli | kungalungeli |
| | 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 | ngilungelile, ngilungelē | engilungelile, engilungelē | ngilungelile, ngilungelē | angilungelanga | engingalungelanga | ngingalungelanga |
| 2nd singular | ulungelile, ulungelē | olungelile, olungelē | ulungelile, ulungelē | awulungelanga | ongalungelanga | ungalungelanga |
| 1st plural | silungelile, silungelē | esilungelile, esilungelē | silungelile, silungelē | asilungelanga | esingalungelanga | singalungelanga |
| 2nd plural | nilungelile, nilungelē | enilungelile, enilungelē | nilungelile, nilungelē | anilungelanga | eningalungelanga | ningalungelanga |
| Class 1 | ulungelile, ulungelē | olungelile, olungelē | elungelile, elungelē | akalungelanga | ongalungelanga | engalungelanga |
| Class 2 | balungelile, balungelē | abalungelile, abalungelē | belungelile, belungelē | abalungelanga | abangalungelanga | bengalungelanga |
| Class 3 | ulungelile, ulungelē | olungelile, olungelē | ulungelile, ulungelē | awulungelanga | ongalungelanga | ungalungelanga |
| Class 4 | ilungelile, ilungelē | elungelile, elungelē | ilungelile, ilungelē | ayilungelanga | engalungelanga | ingalungelanga |
| Class 5 | lilungelile, lilungelē | elilungelile, elilungelē | lilungelile, lilungelē | alilungelanga | elingalungelanga | lingalungelanga |
| Class 6 | alungelile, alungelē | alungelile, alungelē | elungelile, elungelē | awalungelanga | angalungelanga | engalungelanga |
| Class 7 | silungelile, silungelē | esilungelile, esilungelē | silungelile, silungelē | asilungelanga | esingalungelanga | singalungelanga |
| Class 8 | zilungelile, zilungelē | ezilungelile, ezilungelē | zilungelile, zilungelē | azilungelanga | ezingalungelanga | zingalungelanga |
| Class 9 | ilungelile, ilungelē | elungelile, elungelē | ilungelile, ilungelē | ayilungelanga | engalungelanga | ingalungelanga |
| Class 10 | zilungelile, zilungelē | ezilungelile, ezilungelē | zilungelile, zilungelē | azilungelanga | ezingalungelanga | zingalungelanga |
| Class 11 | lulungelile, lulungelē | olulungelile, olulungelē | lulungelile, lulungelē | alulungelanga | olungalungelanga | lungalungelanga |
| Class 14 | bulungelile, bulungelē | obulungelile, obulungelē | bulungelile, bulungelē | abulungelanga | obungalungelanga | bungalungelanga |
| Class 15 | kulungelile, kulungelē | okulungelile, okulungelē | kulungelile, kulungelē | akulungelanga | okungalungelanga | kungalungelanga |
| Class 17 | kulungelile, kulungelē | okulungelile, okulungelē | kulungelile, kulungelē | akulungelanga | okungalungelanga | kungalungelanga |
| | 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 | ngālungela | engālungela | ngālungela | angilungelanga | engingalungelanga | ngingalungelanga |
| 2nd singular | wālungela | owālungela | wālungela | awulungelanga | ongalungelanga | ungalungelanga |
| 1st plural | sālungela | esālungela | sālungela | asilungelanga | esingalungelanga | singalungelanga |
| 2nd plural | nālungela | enālungela | nālungela | anilungelanga | eningalungelanga | ningalungelanga |
| Class 1 | wālungela | owālungela | ālungela | akalungelanga | ongalungelanga | engalungelanga |
| Class 2 | bālungela | abālungela | bālungela | abalungelanga | abangalungelanga | bengalungelanga |
| Class 3 | wālungela | owālungela | wālungela | awulungelanga | ongalungelanga | ungalungelanga |
| Class 4 | yālungela | eyālungela | yālungela | ayilungelanga | engalungelanga | ingalungelanga |
| Class 5 | lālungela | elālungela | lālungela | alilungelanga | elingalungelanga | lingalungelanga |
| Class 6 | ālungela | ālungela | ālungela | awalungelanga | angalungelanga | engalungelanga |
| Class 7 | sālungela | esālungela | sālungela | asilungelanga | esingalungelanga | singalungelanga |
| Class 8 | zālungela | ezālungela | zālungela | azilungelanga | ezingalungelanga | zingalungelanga |
| Class 9 | yālungela | eyālungela | yālungela | ayilungelanga | engalungelanga | ingalungelanga |
| Class 10 | zālungela | ezālungela | zālungela | azilungelanga | ezingalungelanga | zingalungelanga |
| Class 11 | lwālungela | olwālungela | lwālungela | alulungelanga | olungalungelanga | lungalungelanga |
| Class 14 | bālungela | obālungela | bālungela | abulungelanga | obungalungelanga | bungalungelanga |
| Class 15 | kwālungela | okwālungela | kwālungela | akulungelanga | okungalungelanga | kungalungelanga |
| Class 17 | kwālungela | okwālungela | kwālungela | akulungelanga | okungalungelanga | kungalungelanga |
| | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngingalungela | — | ngingalungela | ngingelungele | — | ngingelungele |
| 2nd singular | ungalungela | — | ungalungela | ungelungele | — | ungelungele |
| 1st plural | singalungela | — | singalungela | singelungele | — | singelungele |
| 2nd plural | ningalungela | — | ningalungela | ningelungele | — | ningelungele |
| Class 1 | angalungela | — | engalungela | angelungele | — | engelungele |
| Class 2 | bangalungela | — | bengalungela | bangelungele | — | bengelungele |
| Class 3 | ungalungela | — | ungalungela | ungelungele | — | ungelungele |
| Class 4 | ingalungela | — | ingalungela | ingelungele | — | ingelungele |
| Class 5 | lingalungela | — | lingalungela | lingelungele | — | lingelungele |
| Class 6 | angalungela | — | engalungela | angelungele | — | engelungele |
| Class 7 | singalungela | — | singalungela | singelungele | — | singelungele |
| Class 8 | zingalungela | — | zingalungela | zingelungele | — | zingelungele |
| Class 9 | ingalungela | — | ingalungela | ingelungele | — | ingelungele |
| Class 10 | zingalungela | — | zingalungela | zingelungele | — | zingelungele |
| Class 11 | lungalungela | — | lungalungela | lungelungele | — | lungelungele |
| Class 14 | bungalungela | — | bungalungela | bungelungele | — | bungelungele |
| Class 15 | kungalungela | — | kungalungela | kungelungele | — | kungelungele |
| Class 17 | kungalungela | — | kungalungela | kungelungele | — | kungelungele |
| | 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 | ngizolungela | engizolungela | ngizolungela | angizulungela | engingezulungela | ngingezulungela |
| 2nd singular | uzolungela | ozolungela | uzolungela | awuzulungela | ongezulungela | ungezulungela |
| 1st plural | sizolungela | esizolungela | sizolungela | asizulungela | esingezulungela | singezulungela |
| 2nd plural | nizolungela | enizolungela | nizolungela | anizulungela | eningezulungela | ningezulungela |
| Class 1 | uzolungela | ozolungela | ezolungela | akazulungela | ongezulungela | engezulungela |
| Class 2 | bazolungela | abazolungela | bezolungela | abazulungela | abangezulungela | bengezulungela |
| Class 3 | uzolungela | ozolungela | uzolungela | awuzulungela | ongezulungela | ungezulungela |
| Class 4 | izolungela | ezolungela | izolungela | ayizulungela | engezulungela | ingezulungela |
| Class 5 | lizolungela | elizolungela | lizolungela | alizulungela | elingezulungela | lingezulungela |
| Class 6 | azolungela | azolungela | ezolungela | awazulungela | angezulungela | engezulungela |
| Class 7 | sizolungela | esizolungela | sizolungela | asizulungela | esingezulungela | singezulungela |
| Class 8 | zizolungela | ezizolungela | zizolungela | azizulungela | ezingezulungela | zingezulungela |
| Class 9 | izolungela | ezolungela | izolungela | ayizulungela | engezulungela | ingezulungela |
| Class 10 | zizolungela | ezizolungela | zizolungela | azizulungela | ezingezulungela | zingezulungela |
| Class 11 | luzolungela | oluzolungela | luzolungela | aluzulungela | olungezulungela | lungezulungela |
| Class 14 | buzolungela | obuzolungela | buzolungela | abuzulungela | obungezulungela | bungezulungela |
| Class 15 | kuzolungela | okuzolungela | kuzolungela | akuzulungela | okungezulungela | kungezulungela |
| Class 17 | kuzolungela | okuzolungela | kuzolungela | akuzulungela | okungezulungela | kungezulungela |
| | 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 | ngiyolungela | engiyolungela | ngiyolungela | angiyulungela | engingeyulungela | ngingeyulungela |
| 2nd singular | uyolungela | oyolungela | uyolungela | awuyulungela | ongeyulungela | ungeyulungela |
| 1st plural | siyolungela | esiyolungela | siyolungela | asiyulungela | esingeyulungela | singeyulungela |
| 2nd plural | niyolungela | eniyolungela | niyolungela | aniyulungela | eningeyulungela | ningeyulungela |
| Class 1 | uyolungela | oyolungela | eyolungela | akayulungela | ongeyulungela | engeyulungela |
| Class 2 | bayolungela | abayolungela | beyolungela | abayulungela | abangeyulungela | bengeyulungela |
| Class 3 | uyolungela | oyolungela | uyolungela | awuyulungela | ongeyulungela | ungeyulungela |
| Class 4 | iyolungela | eyolungela | iyolungela | ayiyulungela | engeyulungela | ingeyulungela |
| Class 5 | liyolungela | eliyolungela | liyolungela | aliyulungela | elingeyulungela | lingeyulungela |
| Class 6 | ayolungela | ayolungela | eyolungela | awayulungela | angeyulungela | engeyulungela |
| Class 7 | siyolungela | esiyolungela | siyolungela | asiyulungela | esingeyulungela | singeyulungela |
| Class 8 | ziyolungela | eziyolungela | ziyolungela | aziyulungela | ezingeyulungela | zingeyulungela |
| Class 9 | iyolungela | eyolungela | iyolungela | ayiyulungela | engeyulungela | ingeyulungela |
| Class 10 | ziyolungela | eziyolungela | ziyolungela | aziyulungela | ezingeyulungela | zingeyulungela |
| Class 11 | luyolungela | oluyolungela | luyolungela | aluyulungela | olungeyulungela | lungeyulungela |
| Class 14 | buyolungela | obuyolungela | buyolungela | abuyulungela | obungeyulungela | bungeyulungela |
| Class 15 | kuyolungela | okuyolungela | kuyolungela | akuyulungela | okungeyulungela | kungeyulungela |
| Class 17 | kuyolungela | okuyolungela | kuyolungela | akuyulungela | okungeyulungela | kungeyulungela |
| | Present subjunctive | Present subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngilungele | ngingalungeli |
| 2nd singular | ulungele | ungalungeli |
| 1st plural | silungele | singalungeli |
| 2nd plural | nilungele | ningalungeli |
| Class 1 | alungele | angalungeli |
| Class 2 | balungele | bangalungeli |
| Class 3 | ulungele | ungalungeli |
| Class 4 | ilungele | ingalungeli |
| Class 5 | lilungele | lingalungeli |
| Class 6 | alungele | angalungeli |
| Class 7 | silungele | singalungeli |
| Class 8 | zilungele | zingalungeli |
| Class 9 | ilungele | ingalungeli |
| Class 10 | zilungele | zingalungeli |
| Class 11 | lulungele | lungalungeli |
| Class 14 | bulungele | bungalungeli |
| Class 15 | kulungele | kungalungeli |
| Class 17 | kulungele | kungalungeli |
| | Past subjunctive | Past subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngalungela | ngangalungela, angalungela, angangalungela |
| 2nd singular | walungela | wangalungela, awalungela, awangalungela |
| 1st plural | salungela | sangalungela, asalungela, asangalungela |
| 2nd plural | nalungela | nangalungela, analungela, anangalungela |
| Class 1 | walungela | wangalungela, akalungela, akangalungela |
| Class 2 | balungela | bangalungela, abalungela, abangalungela |
| Class 3 | walungela | wangalungela, awalungela, awangalungela |
| Class 4 | yalungela | yangalungela, ayalungela, ayangalungela |
| Class 5 | lalungela | langalungela, alalungela, alangalungela |
| Class 6 | alungela | angalungela, awalungela, awangalungela |
| Class 7 | salungela | sangalungela, asalungela, asangalungela |
| Class 8 | zalungela | zangalungela, azalungela, azangalungela |
| Class 9 | yalungela | yangalungela, ayalungela, ayangalungela |
| Class 10 | zalungela | zangalungela, azalungela, azangalungela |
| Class 11 | lwalungela | lwangalungela, alwalungela, alwangalungela |
| Class 14 | balungela | bangalungela, abalungela, abangalungela |
| Class 15 | kwalungela | kwangalungela, akwalungela, akwangalungela |
| Class 17 | kwalungela | kwangalungela, akwalungela, akwangalungela |

#### Derived terms

* ilungelo

### References

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