# lalela
## Southern Ndebele
### Verb

-láléla
* to listen

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Swazi
### Verb

-láléla
* to listen to
* to obey

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Etymology

From -lala +‎ -ela.

### Verb

-lalela$^?$
* (transitive) to rest/sleep for
* (transitive) to listen to
* (transitive) to obey

#### Inflection

Tone H :
| Infinitive | ukulalela |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Infinitive | ukulalela | ukungalaleli |
| | Imperative | Imperative |
| | Simple | + object concord |
| Singular | lalela | -lalele |
| Plural | lalelani | -laleleni |
| | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngiyalalela, ngilalela | engilalelayo, engilalela | ngilalela | angilaleli | engingalaleli | ngingalaleli |
| 2nd singular | uyalalela, ulalela | olalelayo, olalela | ulalela | awulaleli | ongalaleli | ungalaleli |
| 1st plural | siyalalela, silalela | esilalelayo, esilalela | silalela | asilaleli | esingalaleli | singalaleli |
| 2nd plural | niyalalela, nilalela | enilalelayo, enilalela | nilalela | anilaleli | eningalaleli | ningalaleli |
| Class 1 | uyalalela, ulalela | olalelayo, olalela | elalela | akalaleli | ongalaleli | engalaleli |
| Class 2 | bayalalela, balalela | abalalelayo, abalalela | belalela | abalaleli | abangalaleli | bengalaleli |
| Class 3 | uyalalela, ulalela | olalelayo, olalela | ulalela | awulaleli | ongalaleli | ungalaleli |
| Class 4 | iyalalela, ilalela | elalelayo, elalela | ilalela | ayilaleli | engalaleli | ingalaleli |
| Class 5 | liyalalela, lilalela | elilalelayo, elilalela | lilalela | alilaleli | elingalaleli | lingalaleli |
| Class 6 | ayalalela, alalela | alalelayo, alalela | elalela | awalaleli | angalaleli | engalaleli |
| Class 7 | siyalalela, silalela | esilalelayo, esilalela | silalela | asilaleli | esingalaleli | singalaleli |
| Class 8 | ziyalalela, zilalela | ezilalelayo, ezilalela | zilalela | azilaleli | ezingalaleli | zingalaleli |
| Class 9 | iyalalela, ilalela | elalelayo, elalela | ilalela | ayilaleli | engalaleli | ingalaleli |
| Class 10 | ziyalalela, zilalela | ezilalelayo, ezilalela | zilalela | azilaleli | ezingalaleli | zingalaleli |
| Class 11 | luyalalela, lulalela | olulalelayo, olulalela | lulalela | alulaleli | olungalaleli | lungalaleli |
| Class 14 | buyalalela, bulalela | obulalelayo, obulalela | bulalela | abulaleli | obungalaleli | bungalaleli |
| Class 15 | kuyalalela, kulalela | okulalelayo, okulalela | kulalela | akulaleli | okungalaleli | kungalaleli |
| Class 17 | kuyalalela, kulalela | okulalelayo, okulalela | kulalela | akulaleli | okungalaleli | kungalaleli |
| | 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 | ngilalelile, ngilalelē | engilalelile, engilalelē | ngilalelile, ngilalelē | angilalelanga | engingalalelanga | ngingalalelanga |
| 2nd singular | ulalelile, ulalelē | olalelile, olalelē | ulalelile, ulalelē | awulalelanga | ongalalelanga | ungalalelanga |
| 1st plural | silalelile, silalelē | esilalelile, esilalelē | silalelile, silalelē | asilalelanga | esingalalelanga | singalalelanga |
| 2nd plural | nilalelile, nilalelē | enilalelile, enilalelē | nilalelile, nilalelē | anilalelanga | eningalalelanga | ningalalelanga |
| Class 1 | ulalelile, ulalelē | olalelile, olalelē | elalelile, elalelē | akalalelanga | ongalalelanga | engalalelanga |
| Class 2 | balalelile, balalelē | abalalelile, abalalelē | belalelile, belalelē | abalalelanga | abangalalelanga | bengalalelanga |
| Class 3 | ulalelile, ulalelē | olalelile, olalelē | ulalelile, ulalelē | awulalelanga | ongalalelanga | ungalalelanga |
| Class 4 | ilalelile, ilalelē | elalelile, elalelē | ilalelile, ilalelē | ayilalelanga | engalalelanga | ingalalelanga |
| Class 5 | lilalelile, lilalelē | elilalelile, elilalelē | lilalelile, lilalelē | alilalelanga | elingalalelanga | lingalalelanga |
| Class 6 | alalelile, alalelē | alalelile, alalelē | elalelile, elalelē | awalalelanga | angalalelanga | engalalelanga |
| Class 7 | silalelile, silalelē | esilalelile, esilalelē | silalelile, silalelē | asilalelanga | esingalalelanga | singalalelanga |
| Class 8 | zilalelile, zilalelē | ezilalelile, ezilalelē | zilalelile, zilalelē | azilalelanga | ezingalalelanga | zingalalelanga |
| Class 9 | ilalelile, ilalelē | elalelile, elalelē | ilalelile, ilalelē | ayilalelanga | engalalelanga | ingalalelanga |
| Class 10 | zilalelile, zilalelē | ezilalelile, ezilalelē | zilalelile, zilalelē | azilalelanga | ezingalalelanga | zingalalelanga |
| Class 11 | lulalelile, lulalelē | olulalelile, olulalelē | lulalelile, lulalelē | alulalelanga | olungalalelanga | lungalalelanga |
| Class 14 | bulalelile, bulalelē | obulalelile, obulalelē | bulalelile, bulalelē | abulalelanga | obungalalelanga | bungalalelanga |
| Class 15 | kulalelile, kulalelē | okulalelile, okulalelē | kulalelile, kulalelē | akulalelanga | okungalalelanga | kungalalelanga |
| Class 17 | kulalelile, kulalelē | okulalelile, okulalelē | kulalelile, kulalelē | akulalelanga | okungalalelanga | kungalalelanga |
| | 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 | ngālalela | engālalela | ngālalela | angilalelanga | engingalalelanga | ngingalalelanga |
| 2nd singular | wālalela | owālalela | wālalela | awulalelanga | ongalalelanga | ungalalelanga |
| 1st plural | sālalela | esālalela | sālalela | asilalelanga | esingalalelanga | singalalelanga |
| 2nd plural | nālalela | enālalela | nālalela | anilalelanga | eningalalelanga | ningalalelanga |
| Class 1 | wālalela | owālalela | ālalela | akalalelanga | ongalalelanga | engalalelanga |
| Class 2 | bālalela | abālalela | bālalela | abalalelanga | abangalalelanga | bengalalelanga |
| Class 3 | wālalela | owālalela | wālalela | awulalelanga | ongalalelanga | ungalalelanga |
| Class 4 | yālalela | eyālalela | yālalela | ayilalelanga | engalalelanga | ingalalelanga |
| Class 5 | lālalela | elālalela | lālalela | alilalelanga | elingalalelanga | lingalalelanga |
| Class 6 | ālalela | ālalela | ālalela | awalalelanga | angalalelanga | engalalelanga |
| Class 7 | sālalela | esālalela | sālalela | asilalelanga | esingalalelanga | singalalelanga |
| Class 8 | zālalela | ezālalela | zālalela | azilalelanga | ezingalalelanga | zingalalelanga |
| Class 9 | yālalela | eyālalela | yālalela | ayilalelanga | engalalelanga | ingalalelanga |
| Class 10 | zālalela | ezālalela | zālalela | azilalelanga | ezingalalelanga | zingalalelanga |
| Class 11 | lwālalela | olwālalela | lwālalela | alulalelanga | olungalalelanga | lungalalelanga |
| Class 14 | bālalela | obālalela | bālalela | abulalelanga | obungalalelanga | bungalalelanga |
| Class 15 | kwālalela | okwālalela | kwālalela | akulalelanga | okungalalelanga | kungalalelanga |
| Class 17 | kwālalela | okwālalela | kwālalela | akulalelanga | okungalalelanga | kungalalelanga |
| | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngingalalela | — | ngingalalela | ngingelalele | — | ngingelalele |
| 2nd singular | ungalalela | — | ungalalela | ungelalele | — | ungelalele |
| 1st plural | singalalela | — | singalalela | singelalele | — | singelalele |
| 2nd plural | ningalalela | — | ningalalela | ningelalele | — | ningelalele |
| Class 1 | angalalela | — | engalalela | angelalele | — | engelalele |
| Class 2 | bangalalela | — | bengalalela | bangelalele | — | bengelalele |
| Class 3 | ungalalela | — | ungalalela | ungelalele | — | ungelalele |
| Class 4 | ingalalela | — | ingalalela | ingelalele | — | ingelalele |
| Class 5 | lingalalela | — | lingalalela | lingelalele | — | lingelalele |
| Class 6 | angalalela | — | engalalela | angelalele | — | engelalele |
| Class 7 | singalalela | — | singalalela | singelalele | — | singelalele |
| Class 8 | zingalalela | — | zingalalela | zingelalele | — | zingelalele |
| Class 9 | ingalalela | — | ingalalela | ingelalele | — | ingelalele |
| Class 10 | zingalalela | — | zingalalela | zingelalele | — | zingelalele |
| Class 11 | lungalalela | — | lungalalela | lungelalele | — | lungelalele |
| Class 14 | bungalalela | — | bungalalela | bungelalele | — | bungelalele |
| Class 15 | kungalalela | — | kungalalela | kungelalele | — | kungelalele |
| Class 17 | kungalalela | — | kungalalela | kungelalele | — | kungelalele |
| | 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 | ngizolalela | engizolalela | ngizolalela | angizulalela | engingezulalela | ngingezulalela |
| 2nd singular | uzolalela | ozolalela | uzolalela | awuzulalela | ongezulalela | ungezulalela |
| 1st plural | sizolalela | esizolalela | sizolalela | asizulalela | esingezulalela | singezulalela |
| 2nd plural | nizolalela | enizolalela | nizolalela | anizulalela | eningezulalela | ningezulalela |
| Class 1 | uzolalela | ozolalela | ezolalela | akazulalela | ongezulalela | engezulalela |
| Class 2 | bazolalela | abazolalela | bezolalela | abazulalela | abangezulalela | bengezulalela |
| Class 3 | uzolalela | ozolalela | uzolalela | awuzulalela | ongezulalela | ungezulalela |
| Class 4 | izolalela | ezolalela | izolalela | ayizulalela | engezulalela | ingezulalela |
| Class 5 | lizolalela | elizolalela | lizolalela | alizulalela | elingezulalela | lingezulalela |
| Class 6 | azolalela | azolalela | ezolalela | awazulalela | angezulalela | engezulalela |
| Class 7 | sizolalela | esizolalela | sizolalela | asizulalela | esingezulalela | singezulalela |
| Class 8 | zizolalela | ezizolalela | zizolalela | azizulalela | ezingezulalela | zingezulalela |
| Class 9 | izolalela | ezolalela | izolalela | ayizulalela | engezulalela | ingezulalela |
| Class 10 | zizolalela | ezizolalela | zizolalela | azizulalela | ezingezulalela | zingezulalela |
| Class 11 | luzolalela | oluzolalela | luzolalela | aluzulalela | olungezulalela | lungezulalela |
| Class 14 | buzolalela | obuzolalela | buzolalela | abuzulalela | obungezulalela | bungezulalela |
| Class 15 | kuzolalela | okuzolalela | kuzolalela | akuzulalela | okungezulalela | kungezulalela |
| Class 17 | kuzolalela | okuzolalela | kuzolalela | akuzulalela | okungezulalela | kungezulalela |
| | 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 | ngiyolalela | engiyolalela | ngiyolalela | angiyulalela | engingeyulalela | ngingeyulalela |
| 2nd singular | uyolalela | oyolalela | uyolalela | awuyulalela | ongeyulalela | ungeyulalela |
| 1st plural | siyolalela | esiyolalela | siyolalela | asiyulalela | esingeyulalela | singeyulalela |
| 2nd plural | niyolalela | eniyolalela | niyolalela | aniyulalela | eningeyulalela | ningeyulalela |
| Class 1 | uyolalela | oyolalela | eyolalela | akayulalela | ongeyulalela | engeyulalela |
| Class 2 | bayolalela | abayolalela | beyolalela | abayulalela | abangeyulalela | bengeyulalela |
| Class 3 | uyolalela | oyolalela | uyolalela | awuyulalela | ongeyulalela | ungeyulalela |
| Class 4 | iyolalela | eyolalela | iyolalela | ayiyulalela | engeyulalela | ingeyulalela |
| Class 5 | liyolalela | eliyolalela | liyolalela | aliyulalela | elingeyulalela | lingeyulalela |
| Class 6 | ayolalela | ayolalela | eyolalela | awayulalela | angeyulalela | engeyulalela |
| Class 7 | siyolalela | esiyolalela | siyolalela | asiyulalela | esingeyulalela | singeyulalela |
| Class 8 | ziyolalela | eziyolalela | ziyolalela | aziyulalela | ezingeyulalela | zingeyulalela |
| Class 9 | iyolalela | eyolalela | iyolalela | ayiyulalela | engeyulalela | ingeyulalela |
| Class 10 | ziyolalela | eziyolalela | ziyolalela | aziyulalela | ezingeyulalela | zingeyulalela |
| Class 11 | luyolalela | oluyolalela | luyolalela | aluyulalela | olungeyulalela | lungeyulalela |
| Class 14 | buyolalela | obuyolalela | buyolalela | abuyulalela | obungeyulalela | bungeyulalela |
| Class 15 | kuyolalela | okuyolalela | kuyolalela | akuyulalela | okungeyulalela | kungeyulalela |
| Class 17 | kuyolalela | okuyolalela | kuyolalela | akuyulalela | okungeyulalela | kungeyulalela |
| | Present subjunctive | Present subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngilalele | ngingalaleli |
| 2nd singular | ulalele | ungalaleli |
| 1st plural | silalele | singalaleli |
| 2nd plural | nilalele | ningalaleli |
| Class 1 | alalele | angalaleli |
| Class 2 | balalele | bangalaleli |
| Class 3 | ulalele | ungalaleli |
| Class 4 | ilalele | ingalaleli |
| Class 5 | lilalele | lingalaleli |
| Class 6 | alalele | angalaleli |
| Class 7 | silalele | singalaleli |
| Class 8 | zilalele | zingalaleli |
| Class 9 | ilalele | ingalaleli |
| Class 10 | zilalele | zingalaleli |
| Class 11 | lulalele | lungalaleli |
| Class 14 | bulalele | bungalaleli |
| Class 15 | kulalele | kungalaleli |
| Class 17 | kulalele | kungalaleli |
| | Past subjunctive | Past subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngalalela | ngangalalela, angalalela, angangalalela |
| 2nd singular | walalela | wangalalela, awalalela, awangalalela |
| 1st plural | salalela | sangalalela, asalalela, asangalalela |
| 2nd plural | nalalela | nangalalela, analalela, anangalalela |
| Class 1 | walalela | wangalalela, akalalela, akangalalela |
| Class 2 | balalela | bangalalela, abalalela, abangalalela |
| Class 3 | walalela | wangalalela, awalalela, awangalalela |
| Class 4 | yalalela | yangalalela, ayalalela, ayangalalela |
| Class 5 | lalalela | langalalela, alalalela, alangalalela |
| Class 6 | alalela | angalalela, awalalela, awangalalela |
| Class 7 | salalela | sangalalela, asalalela, asangalalela |
| Class 8 | zalalela | zangalalela, azalalela, azangalalela |
| Class 9 | yalalela | yangalalela, ayalalela, ayangalalela |
| Class 10 | zalalela | zangalalela, azalalela, azangalalela |
| Class 11 | lwalalela | lwangalalela, alwalalela, alwangalalela |
| Class 14 | balalela | bangalalela, abalalela, abangalalela |
| Class 15 | kwalalela | kwangalalela, akwalalela, akwangalalela |
| Class 17 | kwalalela | kwangalalela, akwalalela, akwangalalela |

### References

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