# lala
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

lala (plural lalas)
* Alternative form of ilala

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

lala (uncountable)
* (Singapore, Malaysia) Alternative form of la la (“clams”)

### See also

* lala bop

## Bambara
### Adverb

lala
* maybe, perhaps

## Bikol Central
### Noun

lâlâ
* thick dirt on the neck and in the armpit

## Cebuano
### Etymology 1

Several etymologies have been proposed:
* From Sanskrit लाला (lālā, “saliva”).
* From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq (“to sting, of a wound or spices in food”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Cebuano) IPA: /ˈl̪aˌl̪a/
* (Cebu) IPA: /ˈl̪a/
* (Surigaonon) IPA: /ˈjaˌja/
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: la‧la

#### Noun

lala
* venom
* sting

#### Adjective

lala
* venomous
* (of bladed weapons or tools) sharp

##### Derived terms

* lala og dila

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja (“to plait, weave by hand, of baskets or mats”).

#### Verb

lála
* to weave (leaves, straw, or plastic as to make hats or a mat)

## Central Mazahua
### Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl tlalalacatl (“goose”).

### Noun

lala
* goose

### References

* López Marín; Antonio (2013), Diccionario Español-Mazahua, Colección biblioteca de los pueblos indígenas, Colegio de lenguas y literatura indígena del Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura, Gobierno del Estado de México, Toluca, Mexico.

## Ewe
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lælæ/

### Verb

lala
* to wait

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈla.la/, [ˈlɐ.lə]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *rara, from Proto-Oceanic *raraŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daŋdaŋ (“broil; warm oneself or something near a fire”).

#### Verb

lala
* (transitive) to warm (as over fire)
* (intransitive) to bask in the sun
* (transitive) to cook over a fire

##### Derived terms

* ʻōlala

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *rara (“side, to be on the side”).

#### Noun

lala
* diagonal, slanting, oblique

##### Derived terms

* hoʻolala

### References

* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “lala”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

## Higaonon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja.

### Verb

lala
* to weave (mats)

## Hiligaynon
### Noun

lala
* solfeggio

### Verb

lála (diminutive lalá-lála)
* (music) to sing a lullaby

### Verb

lalà or lâlâ
* to strip; to separate (meat from the bone)

## Kituba
### Verb

lala
* to sleep

## Kristang
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈla.la/

### Noun

lala (plural lala-lala)
* shellfish, as food

### References

* ↑ 2010, Ladislav Prištic, Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa, Masaryk University, page 25.

## Lala (South Africa)
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

### Verb

-lála
* to sleep

## Luba-Kasai
### Verb

lala
* to lie down

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lala/
* Rhymes: -ala, -la

### Noun

lala (Jawi spelling لالا, plural lala-lala, informal 1st possessive lalaku, 2nd possessive lalamu, 3rd possessive lalanya)
* a kind of edible Venus clam, Paratapes textilis.
* a type of sea mollusc, Orbicularia orbiculata.

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: lala

### Further reading

* “lala” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Niuean
### Noun

lala
* guava

#### Usage notes

Only in the southern dialect.

## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

### Verb

-lála
* to sleep

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Phuie
### Noun

lala
* shoe

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈla.la/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Kuyavia) IPA: /ˈla.la/
** (Central Greater Poland) IPA: /ˈla.la/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ala
* Syllabification: la‧la

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľaľa.

#### Noun

lala f
* Augmentative of lalka
* (childish) doll (toy made in the form of a person)
* (childish) puppet (any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove)
* (colloquial, slang) attractive woman
* (colloquial, derogatory) Barbie, bimbo (physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence)
* (Central Greater Poland) sheepdog stick with lead inserted in the head

##### Related terms

* lalka
* lalkarz
* lalunia
* lalusia
* laluś

### Etymology 2

See lela.

#### Interjection

lala
* (Kuyavia) Alternative form of lela

### Further reading

* lala in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* lala in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Oskar Kolberg (1877) “lala”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19

## Pukapukan
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *rara, from Proto-Oceanic *raraŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daŋdaŋ (“broil; warm oneself or something near a fire”).

#### Verb

lala
* to scorch leaves to make them soft and flexible
* to bleach pandanus leaves by passing them over fire

##### Derived terms

* lālā

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

lala
* to insult verbally, to curse another person

##### Derived terms

* lalalala

### Further reading

* Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish لاله (lâle), from Persian لاله (lâle).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lǎːla/
* Hyphenation: la‧la

### Noun

lála f (Cyrillic spelling ла́ла)
* (Bosnia, regional Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia) tulip
    Synonym: tȕlipān
** 1863, Laza Kostić "Slavuj i lala" in Danica, Đorđe Popović (the publisher):
    Kako te lala žestoko ljubi, kad bi otvorila list, svu ujedanput razmilinu bi, sav bi ti dala miris. [...]How tulip fiercely loves you, if it opened its leaf, all the fondness at once it would, all the smell it would give you. [...]
** Musa Ćazim Ćatić Gazeli:
    Tu se pilo rujno vino k'o tekuće lala-cv'jeće. [...]
       Here the red wine it was drunk as if it were liquid tulip-flowers. [...]
** Gavro Babić, Zašto me voliš:
    [...] ni lala nisam sa kojom možeš,
    blistave kose jutrom da kitiš [...]
       [...] nor I am tulip with which you can
       shiny hair in the morning adorn [...]
* (regional) a person from Vojvodina

#### Declension
## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

### Verb

-lála
* to sleep

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Spanish
### Verb

lala
* inflection of lalar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-lala (infinitive kulala)
* to sleep
* to lie down
* (kulala na) to sleep with (to have sexual intercourse with)

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -lala :
| Positive present | -nalala |
| Subjunctive | -lale |
| Negative | -lali |
| Imperative singular | lala |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kulala |
| Negative | kutolala |
Imperatives :
| Singular | lala |
| Plural | laleni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hulala |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lilala |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kulala |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -talala |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -talala |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -silale |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngelala |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singelala |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalilala |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalilala |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -melala |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshalala |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jalala |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kilala |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipolala |
| Consecutive | kalala / positive subject concord + -kalala |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kalale |
| Object concord | — |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -lalia
* Nominal derivations:
** malale (“sleeping sickness”)
** mlalaji (“sleeper”)

#### See also

* usingizi (“sleep, sleepiness”)

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

### Verb

-lála
* to sleep

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Tachawit
### Noun

lala
* mother

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq (“to sting, of a wound or spices in food”). Doublet of lara.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /laˈlaʔ/ [lɐˈlaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: la‧la

#### Noun

lalâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)
* state of becoming or growing serious or aggravated
* aggravation; seriousness; graveness

##### Derived terms

* anlala
* kalalaan
* lalang-lala
* lumala
* magpalala
* malala
* malalang-malala
* paglala
* pagpapalala
* palalain
* pampalala

#### Adjective

lalâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)
* aggravated; grown serious or grave
    Synonyms: malala, malubha, seryo, mabigat

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja (“to plait, weave by hand, of baskets or mats”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈlala/ [ˈlaː.lɐ] (noun)
*** Rhymes: -ala
** IPA: /laˈla/ [lɐˈla] (adjective)
*** Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: la‧la

#### Noun

lala (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)
* weave
    Synonyms: habi, wanla, paglala, paglalala, pagkakalala

##### Derived terms

* lalahin
* linala
* lumala
* maglala
* makalala
* pagkakalala
* paglala
* paglalala

##### See also

* sulihiya
* wanla

#### Adjective

lalá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)
* woven

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlalaʔ/ [ˈlaː.lɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -alaʔ
* Syllabification: la‧la

#### Noun

lalà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)
* extreme sourness; strong acidic taste

##### Derived terms

* lumala
* malala

##### See also

* asim

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlalaʔ/ [ˈlaː.lɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -alaʔ
* Syllabification: la‧la

#### Noun

lalà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ) (obsolete)
* preparation of a reward or punishment

##### Derived terms

* lalaan
* maglala

### Etymology 5

Possibly similar with etymology 1.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /laˈla/ [lɐˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: la‧la

#### Noun

lalá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ) (obsolete)
* flaying of the skin due to a fall or burn

##### Derived terms

* lalahan
* lalahin
* lumala
* makalala
* malala
* malalahan

##### See also

* bakbak
* balat
* lalak
* lalas
* laslas

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /laˈlaʔ/ [lɐˈlaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: la‧la

#### Noun

lalâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ) (obsolete)
* name of the Baybayin letter ᜎ, corresponding to "la"

#### See also

* la

### Further reading

* “lala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
** page 242: “Deſollarſe) Lala (pc) por [raſcandura]”
** page 379: “L) Lala (pc) aſi nombran a nueſtra l. los Tagalos .|. lala yaon.|. ᜎ . ang lala, ay, ſiya ang naſoſonor diyan, la . L . es la que ay ſe ſigue, ay, [di lala] yaring litra? no es eſta letra .l?”
** page 568: “Tejer) Lala (pp) petates ſombreros eſteras ſavales”

## Tsonga
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

### Verb

lala
* to sleep

## Tswana
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

### Verb

lala
* to sleep

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish لالا, لله (lala), from Persian لله (lala, lale) or from Persian لالا (lālā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɫɑ.ˈɫɑ]
* Hyphenation: la‧la

### Noun

lala (definite accusative lalayı, plural lalalar)
* (obsolete) tutor
* (history) tutor of a Shahzadah

#### Synonyms

* şehzade lalası (2)

#### Derived terms

* lala paşa eğlendirmek
* lalalık

## Venda
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

### Verb

lala
* to lie down

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [láːla]

### Verb

-lála
* (intransitive) to rest (by lying down)
* (intransitive) to sleep

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /láːla/

### Verb

-lála
* (intransitive) to rest (by lying down)
* (intransitive) to sleep
* (intransitive) to stay (for the night)
* (intransitive) to have sex

#### Inflection

Tone H :
| Infinitive | ukulala |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Infinitive | ukulala | ukungalali |
| | Imperative | Imperative |
| | Simple | + object concord |
| Singular | lala | -lale |
| Plural | lalani | -laleni |
| | Stative | Stative | Stative | Stative | Stative | Stative |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngilele | engilele | ngilele | angilele | engingalele | ngingalele |
| 2nd singular | ulele | olele | ulele | awulele | ongalele | ungalele |
| 1st plural | silele | esilele | silele | asilele | esingalele | singalele |
| 2nd plural | nilele | enilele | nilele | anilele | eningalele | ningalele |
| Class 1 | ulele | olele | elele | akalele | ongalele | engalele |
| Class 2 | balele | abalele | belele | abalele | abangalele | bengalele |
| Class 3 | ulele | olele | ulele | awulele | ongalele | ongalele |
| Class 4 | ilele | elele | ilele | ayilele | engalele | ingalele |
| Class 5 | lilele | elilele | lilele | alilele | elingalele | lingalele |
| Class 6 | alele | alele | elele | awalele | angalele | engalele |
| Class 7 | silele | esilele | silele | asilele | esingalele | singalele |
| Class 8 | zilele | ezilele | zilele | azilele | ezingalele | zingalele |
| Class 9 | ilele | elele | ilele | ayilele | engalele | ingalele |
| Class 10 | zilele | ezilele | zilele | azilele | ezingalele | zingalele |
| Class 11 | lulele | olulele | lulele | alulele | olungalele | lungalele |
| Class 14 | bulele | obulele | bulele | abulele | obungalele | bungalele |
| Class 15 | kulele | okulele | kulele | akulele | okungalele | kungalele |
| Class 17 | kulele | okulele | kulele | akulele | okungalele | kungalele |
| | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngiyalala, ngilala | engilalayo, engilala | ngilala | angilali | engingalali | ngingalali |
| 2nd singular | uyalala, ulala | olalayo, olala | ulala | awulali | ongalali | ungalali |
| 1st plural | siyalala, silala | esilalayo, esilala | silala | asilali | esingalali | singalali |
| 2nd plural | niyalala, nilala | enilalayo, enilala | nilala | anilali | eningalali | ningalali |
| Class 1 | uyalala, ulala | olalayo, olala | elala | akalali | ongalali | engalali |
| Class 2 | bayalala, balala | abalalayo, abalala | belala | abalali | abangalali | bengalali |
| Class 3 | uyalala, ulala | olalayo, olala | ulala | awulali | ongalali | ungalali |
| Class 4 | iyalala, ilala | elalayo, elala | ilala | ayilali | engalali | ingalali |
| Class 5 | liyalala, lilala | elilalayo, elilala | lilala | alilali | elingalali | lingalali |
| Class 6 | ayalala, alala | alalayo, alala | elala | awalali | angalali | engalali |
| Class 7 | siyalala, silala | esilalayo, esilala | silala | asilali | esingalali | singalali |
| Class 8 | ziyalala, zilala | ezilalayo, ezilala | zilala | azilali | ezingalali | zingalali |
| Class 9 | iyalala, ilala | elalayo, elala | ilala | ayilali | engalali | ingalali |
| Class 10 | ziyalala, zilala | ezilalayo, ezilala | zilala | azilali | ezingalali | zingalali |
| Class 11 | luyalala, lulala | olulalayo, olulala | lulala | alulali | olungalali | lungalali |
| Class 14 | buyalala, bulala | obulalayo, obulala | bulala | abulali | obungalali | bungalali |
| Class 15 | kuyalala, kulala | okulalayo, okulala | kulala | akulali | okungalali | kungalali |
| Class 17 | kuyalala, kulala | okulalayo, okulala | kulala | akulali | okungalali | kungalali |
| | 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 | ngilalile, ngilalē | engilalile, engilalē | ngilalile, ngilalē | angilalanga | engingalalanga | ngingalalanga |
| 2nd singular | ulalile, ulalē | olalile, olalē | ulalile, ulalē | awulalanga | ongalalanga | ungalalanga |
| 1st plural | silalile, silalē | esilalile, esilalē | silalile, silalē | asilalanga | esingalalanga | singalalanga |
| 2nd plural | nilalile, nilalē | enilalile, enilalē | nilalile, nilalē | anilalanga | eningalalanga | ningalalanga |
| Class 1 | ulalile, ulalē | olalile, olalē | elalile, elalē | akalalanga | ongalalanga | engalalanga |
| Class 2 | balalile, balalē | abalalile, abalalē | belalile, belalē | abalalanga | abangalalanga | bengalalanga |
| Class 3 | ulalile, ulalē | olalile, olalē | ulalile, ulalē | awulalanga | ongalalanga | ungalalanga |
| Class 4 | ilalile, ilalē | elalile, elalē | ilalile, ilalē | ayilalanga | engalalanga | ingalalanga |
| Class 5 | lilalile, lilalē | elilalile, elilalē | lilalile, lilalē | alilalanga | elingalalanga | lingalalanga |
| Class 6 | alalile, alalē | alalile, alalē | elalile, elalē | awalalanga | angalalanga | engalalanga |
| Class 7 | silalile, silalē | esilalile, esilalē | silalile, silalē | asilalanga | esingalalanga | singalalanga |
| Class 8 | zilalile, zilalē | ezilalile, ezilalē | zilalile, zilalē | azilalanga | ezingalalanga | zingalalanga |
| Class 9 | ilalile, ilalē | elalile, elalē | ilalile, ilalē | ayilalanga | engalalanga | ingalalanga |
| Class 10 | zilalile, zilalē | ezilalile, ezilalē | zilalile, zilalē | azilalanga | ezingalalanga | zingalalanga |
| Class 11 | lulalile, lulalē | olulalile, olulalē | lulalile, lulalē | alulalanga | olungalalanga | lungalalanga |
| Class 14 | bulalile, bulalē | obulalile, obulalē | bulalile, bulalē | abulalanga | obungalalanga | bungalalanga |
| Class 15 | kulalile, kulalē | okulalile, okulalē | kulalile, kulalē | akulalanga | okungalalanga | kungalalanga |
| Class 17 | kulalile, kulalē | okulalile, okulalē | kulalile, kulalē | akulalanga | okungalalanga | kungalalanga |
| | 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 | ngālala | engālala | ngālala | angilalanga | engingalalanga | ngingalalanga |
| 2nd singular | wālala | owālala | wālala | awulalanga | ongalalanga | ungalalanga |
| 1st plural | sālala | esālala | sālala | asilalanga | esingalalanga | singalalanga |
| 2nd plural | nālala | enālala | nālala | anilalanga | eningalalanga | ningalalanga |
| Class 1 | wālala | owālala | ālala | akalalanga | ongalalanga | engalalanga |
| Class 2 | bālala | abālala | bālala | abalalanga | abangalalanga | bengalalanga |
| Class 3 | wālala | owālala | wālala | awulalanga | ongalalanga | ungalalanga |
| Class 4 | yālala | eyālala | yālala | ayilalanga | engalalanga | ingalalanga |
| Class 5 | lālala | elālala | lālala | alilalanga | elingalalanga | lingalalanga |
| Class 6 | ālala | ālala | ālala | awalalanga | angalalanga | engalalanga |
| Class 7 | sālala | esālala | sālala | asilalanga | esingalalanga | singalalanga |
| Class 8 | zālala | ezālala | zālala | azilalanga | ezingalalanga | zingalalanga |
| Class 9 | yālala | eyālala | yālala | ayilalanga | engalalanga | ingalalanga |
| Class 10 | zālala | ezālala | zālala | azilalanga | ezingalalanga | zingalalanga |
| Class 11 | lwālala | olwālala | lwālala | alulalanga | olungalalanga | lungalalanga |
| Class 14 | bālala | obālala | bālala | abulalanga | obungalalanga | bungalalanga |
| Class 15 | kwālala | okwālala | kwālala | akulalanga | okungalalanga | kungalalanga |
| Class 17 | kwālala | okwālala | kwālala | akulalanga | okungalalanga | kungalalanga |
| | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngingalala | — | ngingalala | ngingelale | — | ngingelale |
| 2nd singular | ungalala | — | ungalala | ungelale | — | ungelale |
| 1st plural | singalala | — | singalala | singelale | — | singelale |
| 2nd plural | ningalala | — | ningalala | ningelale | — | ningelale |
| Class 1 | angalala | — | engalala | angelale | — | engelale |
| Class 2 | bangalala | — | bengalala | bangelale | — | bengelale |
| Class 3 | ungalala | — | ungalala | ungelale | — | ungelale |
| Class 4 | ingalala | — | ingalala | ingelale | — | ingelale |
| Class 5 | lingalala | — | lingalala | lingelale | — | lingelale |
| Class 6 | angalala | — | engalala | angelale | — | engelale |
| Class 7 | singalala | — | singalala | singelale | — | singelale |
| Class 8 | zingalala | — | zingalala | zingelale | — | zingelale |
| Class 9 | ingalala | — | ingalala | ingelale | — | ingelale |
| Class 10 | zingalala | — | zingalala | zingelale | — | zingelale |
| Class 11 | lungalala | — | lungalala | lungelale | — | lungelale |
| Class 14 | bungalala | — | bungalala | bungelale | — | bungelale |
| Class 15 | kungalala | — | kungalala | kungelale | — | kungelale |
| Class 17 | kungalala | — | kungalala | kungelale | — | kungelale |
| | 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 | ngizolala | engizolala | ngizolala | angizulala | engingezulala | ngingezulala |
| 2nd singular | uzolala | ozolala | uzolala | awuzulala | ongezulala | ungezulala |
| 1st plural | sizolala | esizolala | sizolala | asizulala | esingezulala | singezulala |
| 2nd plural | nizolala | enizolala | nizolala | anizulala | eningezulala | ningezulala |
| Class 1 | uzolala | ozolala | ezolala | akazulala | ongezulala | engezulala |
| Class 2 | bazolala | abazolala | bezolala | abazulala | abangezulala | bengezulala |
| Class 3 | uzolala | ozolala | uzolala | awuzulala | ongezulala | ungezulala |
| Class 4 | izolala | ezolala | izolala | ayizulala | engezulala | ingezulala |
| Class 5 | lizolala | elizolala | lizolala | alizulala | elingezulala | lingezulala |
| Class 6 | azolala | azolala | ezolala | awazulala | angezulala | engezulala |
| Class 7 | sizolala | esizolala | sizolala | asizulala | esingezulala | singezulala |
| Class 8 | zizolala | ezizolala | zizolala | azizulala | ezingezulala | zingezulala |
| Class 9 | izolala | ezolala | izolala | ayizulala | engezulala | ingezulala |
| Class 10 | zizolala | ezizolala | zizolala | azizulala | ezingezulala | zingezulala |
| Class 11 | luzolala | oluzolala | luzolala | aluzulala | olungezulala | lungezulala |
| Class 14 | buzolala | obuzolala | buzolala | abuzulala | obungezulala | bungezulala |
| Class 15 | kuzolala | okuzolala | kuzolala | akuzulala | okungezulala | kungezulala |
| Class 17 | kuzolala | okuzolala | kuzolala | akuzulala | okungezulala | kungezulala |
| | 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 | ngiyolala | engiyolala | ngiyolala | angiyulala | engingeyulala | ngingeyulala |
| 2nd singular | uyolala | oyolala | uyolala | awuyulala | ongeyulala | ungeyulala |
| 1st plural | siyolala | esiyolala | siyolala | asiyulala | esingeyulala | singeyulala |
| 2nd plural | niyolala | eniyolala | niyolala | aniyulala | eningeyulala | ningeyulala |
| Class 1 | uyolala | oyolala | eyolala | akayulala | ongeyulala | engeyulala |
| Class 2 | bayolala | abayolala | beyolala | abayulala | abangeyulala | bengeyulala |
| Class 3 | uyolala | oyolala | uyolala | awuyulala | ongeyulala | ungeyulala |
| Class 4 | iyolala | eyolala | iyolala | ayiyulala | engeyulala | ingeyulala |
| Class 5 | liyolala | eliyolala | liyolala | aliyulala | elingeyulala | lingeyulala |
| Class 6 | ayolala | ayolala | eyolala | awayulala | angeyulala | engeyulala |
| Class 7 | siyolala | esiyolala | siyolala | asiyulala | esingeyulala | singeyulala |
| Class 8 | ziyolala | eziyolala | ziyolala | aziyulala | ezingeyulala | zingeyulala |
| Class 9 | iyolala | eyolala | iyolala | ayiyulala | engeyulala | ingeyulala |
| Class 10 | ziyolala | eziyolala | ziyolala | aziyulala | ezingeyulala | zingeyulala |
| Class 11 | luyolala | oluyolala | luyolala | aluyulala | olungeyulala | lungeyulala |
| Class 14 | buyolala | obuyolala | buyolala | abuyulala | obungeyulala | bungeyulala |
| Class 15 | kuyolala | okuyolala | kuyolala | akuyulala | okungeyulala | kungeyulala |
| Class 17 | kuyolala | okuyolala | kuyolala | akuyulala | okungeyulala | kungeyulala |
| | Present subjunctive | Present subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngilale | ngingalali |
| 2nd singular | ulale | ungalali |
| 1st plural | silale | singalali |
| 2nd plural | nilale | ningalali |
| Class 1 | alale | angalali |
| Class 2 | balale | bangalali |
| Class 3 | ulale | ungalali |
| Class 4 | ilale | ingalali |
| Class 5 | lilale | lingalali |
| Class 6 | alale | angalali |
| Class 7 | silale | singalali |
| Class 8 | zilale | zingalali |
| Class 9 | ilale | ingalali |
| Class 10 | zilale | zingalali |
| Class 11 | lulale | lungalali |
| Class 14 | bulale | bungalali |
| Class 15 | kulale | kungalali |
| Class 17 | kulale | kungalali |
| | Past subjunctive | Past subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngalala | ngangalala, angalala, angangalala |
| 2nd singular | walala | wangalala, awalala, awangalala |
| 1st plural | salala | sangalala, asalala, asangalala |
| 2nd plural | nalala | nangalala, analala, anangalala |
| Class 1 | walala | wangalala, akalala, akangalala |
| Class 2 | balala | bangalala, abalala, abangalala |
| Class 3 | walala | wangalala, awalala, awangalala |
| Class 4 | yalala | yangalala, ayalala, ayangalala |
| Class 5 | lalala | langalala, alalala, alangalala |
| Class 6 | alala | angalala, awalala, awangalala |
| Class 7 | salala | sangalala, asalala, asangalala |
| Class 8 | zalala | zangalala, azalala, azangalala |
| Class 9 | yalala | yangalala, ayalala, ayangalala |
| Class 10 | zalala | zangalala, azalala, azangalala |
| Class 11 | lwalala | lwangalala, alwalala, alwangalala |
| Class 14 | balala | bangalala, abalala, abangalala |
| Class 15 | kwalala | kwangalala, akwalala, akwangalala |
| Class 17 | kwalala | kwangalala, akwalala, akwangalala |

#### Derived terms

* -lalela (applicative)
* -lalisa (causative)
* -lalisisa (intensive)
* -laleka (neuter-passive)
* -lalwa (passive)
* -lele (stative)

### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “lala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lala (3.9)”