# lalwa
## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French la loi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lalwa/

### Noun

lalwa
* law

## Zulu
### Etymology

From -lala +‎ -wa.

### Verb

-lalwa$^?$
* (intransitive) to be slept

#### Inflection

Tone H :
| Infinitive | ukulalwa |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Infinitive | ukulalwa | ukungalalwa |
| | Imperative | Imperative |
| | Simple | + object concord |
| Singular | lalwa | -lalwe |
| Plural | lalwani | -lalweni |
| | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngiyalalwa, ngilalwa | engilalwayo, engilalwa | ngilalwa | angilalwa | engingalalwa | ngingalalwa |
| 2nd singular | uyalalwa, ulalwa | olalwayo, olalwa | ulalwa | awulalwa | ongalalwa | ungalalwa |
| 1st plural | siyalalwa, silalwa | esilalwayo, esilalwa | silalwa | asilalwa | esingalalwa | singalalwa |
| 2nd plural | niyalalwa, nilalwa | enilalwayo, enilalwa | nilalwa | anilalwa | eningalalwa | ningalalwa |
| Class 1 | uyalalwa, ulalwa | olalwayo, olalwa | elalwa | akalalwa | ongalalwa | engalalwa |
| Class 2 | bayalalwa, balalwa | abalalwayo, abalalwa | belalwa | abalalwa | abangalalwa | bengalalwa |
| Class 3 | uyalalwa, ulalwa | olalwayo, olalwa | ulalwa | awulalwa | ongalalwa | ungalalwa |
| Class 4 | iyalalwa, ilalwa | elalwayo, elalwa | ilalwa | ayilalwa | engalalwa | ingalalwa |
| Class 5 | liyalalwa, lilalwa | elilalwayo, elilalwa | lilalwa | alilalwa | elingalalwa | lingalalwa |
| Class 6 | ayalalwa, alalwa | alalwayo, alalwa | elalwa | awalalwa | angalalwa | engalalwa |
| Class 7 | siyalalwa, silalwa | esilalwayo, esilalwa | silalwa | asilalwa | esingalalwa | singalalwa |
| Class 8 | ziyalalwa, zilalwa | ezilalwayo, ezilalwa | zilalwa | azilalwa | ezingalalwa | zingalalwa |
| Class 9 | iyalalwa, ilalwa | elalwayo, elalwa | ilalwa | ayilalwa | engalalwa | ingalalwa |
| Class 10 | ziyalalwa, zilalwa | ezilalwayo, ezilalwa | zilalwa | azilalwa | ezingalalwa | zingalalwa |
| Class 11 | luyalalwa, lulalwa | olulalwayo, olulalwa | lulalwa | alulalwa | olungalalwa | lungalalwa |
| Class 14 | buyalalwa, bulalwa | obulalwayo, obulalwa | bulalwa | abulalwa | obungalalwa | bungalalwa |
| Class 15 | kuyalalwa, kulalwa | okulalwayo, okulalwa | kulalwa | akulalwa | okungalalwa | kungalalwa |
| Class 17 | kuyalalwa, kulalwa | okulalwayo, okulalwa | kulalwa | akulalwa | okungalalwa | kungalalwa |
| | 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 | ngilaliwe, ngilalwē | engilaliwe, engilalwē | ngilaliwe, ngilalwē | angilalwanga | engingalalwanga | ngingalalwanga |
| 2nd singular | ulaliwe, ulalwē | olaliwe, olalwē | ulaliwe, ulalwē | awulalwanga | ongalalwanga | ungalalwanga |
| 1st plural | silaliwe, silalwē | esilaliwe, esilalwē | silaliwe, silalwē | asilalwanga | esingalalwanga | singalalwanga |
| 2nd plural | nilaliwe, nilalwē | enilaliwe, enilalwē | nilaliwe, nilalwē | anilalwanga | eningalalwanga | ningalalwanga |
| Class 1 | ulaliwe, ulalwē | olaliwe, olalwē | elaliwe, elalwē | akalalwanga | ongalalwanga | engalalwanga |
| Class 2 | balaliwe, balalwē | abalaliwe, abalalwē | belaliwe, belalwē | abalalwanga | abangalalwanga | bengalalwanga |
| Class 3 | ulaliwe, ulalwē | olaliwe, olalwē | ulaliwe, ulalwē | awulalwanga | ongalalwanga | ungalalwanga |
| Class 4 | ilaliwe, ilalwē | elaliwe, elalwē | ilaliwe, ilalwē | ayilalwanga | engalalwanga | ingalalwanga |
| Class 5 | lilaliwe, lilalwē | elilaliwe, elilalwē | lilaliwe, lilalwē | alilalwanga | elingalalwanga | lingalalwanga |
| Class 6 | alaliwe, alalwē | alaliwe, alalwē | elaliwe, elalwē | awalalwanga | angalalwanga | engalalwanga |
| Class 7 | silaliwe, silalwē | esilaliwe, esilalwē | silaliwe, silalwē | asilalwanga | esingalalwanga | singalalwanga |
| Class 8 | zilaliwe, zilalwē | ezilaliwe, ezilalwē | zilaliwe, zilalwē | azilalwanga | ezingalalwanga | zingalalwanga |
| Class 9 | ilaliwe, ilalwē | elaliwe, elalwē | ilaliwe, ilalwē | ayilalwanga | engalalwanga | ingalalwanga |
| Class 10 | zilaliwe, zilalwē | ezilaliwe, ezilalwē | zilaliwe, zilalwē | azilalwanga | ezingalalwanga | zingalalwanga |
| Class 11 | lulaliwe, lulalwē | olulaliwe, olulalwē | lulaliwe, lulalwē | alulalwanga | olungalalwanga | lungalalwanga |
| Class 14 | bulaliwe, bulalwē | obulaliwe, obulalwē | bulaliwe, bulalwē | abulalwanga | obungalalwanga | bungalalwanga |
| Class 15 | kulaliwe, kulalwē | okulaliwe, okulalwē | kulaliwe, kulalwē | akulalwanga | okungalalwanga | kungalalwanga |
| Class 17 | kulaliwe, kulalwē | okulaliwe, okulalwē | kulaliwe, kulalwē | akulalwanga | okungalalwanga | kungalalwanga |
| | 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 | ngālalwa | engālalwa | ngālalwa | angilalwanga | engingalalwanga | ngingalalwanga |
| 2nd singular | wālalwa | owālalwa | wālalwa | awulalwanga | ongalalwanga | ungalalwanga |
| 1st plural | sālalwa | esālalwa | sālalwa | asilalwanga | esingalalwanga | singalalwanga |
| 2nd plural | nālalwa | enālalwa | nālalwa | anilalwanga | eningalalwanga | ningalalwanga |
| Class 1 | wālalwa | owālalwa | ālalwa | akalalwanga | ongalalwanga | engalalwanga |
| Class 2 | bālalwa | abālalwa | bālalwa | abalalwanga | abangalalwanga | bengalalwanga |
| Class 3 | wālalwa | owālalwa | wālalwa | awulalwanga | ongalalwanga | ungalalwanga |
| Class 4 | yālalwa | eyālalwa | yālalwa | ayilalwanga | engalalwanga | ingalalwanga |
| Class 5 | lālalwa | elālalwa | lālalwa | alilalwanga | elingalalwanga | lingalalwanga |
| Class 6 | ālalwa | ālalwa | ālalwa | awalalwanga | angalalwanga | engalalwanga |
| Class 7 | sālalwa | esālalwa | sālalwa | asilalwanga | esingalalwanga | singalalwanga |
| Class 8 | zālalwa | ezālalwa | zālalwa | azilalwanga | ezingalalwanga | zingalalwanga |
| Class 9 | yālalwa | eyālalwa | yālalwa | ayilalwanga | engalalwanga | ingalalwanga |
| Class 10 | zālalwa | ezālalwa | zālalwa | azilalwanga | ezingalalwanga | zingalalwanga |
| Class 11 | lwālalwa | olwālalwa | lwālalwa | alulalwanga | olungalalwanga | lungalalwanga |
| Class 14 | bālalwa | obālalwa | bālalwa | abulalwanga | obungalalwanga | bungalalwanga |
| Class 15 | kwālalwa | okwālalwa | kwālalwa | akulalwanga | okungalalwanga | kungalalwanga |
| Class 17 | kwālalwa | okwālalwa | kwālalwa | akulalwanga | okungalalwanga | kungalalwanga |
| | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngingalalwa | — | ngingalalwa | ngingelalwe | — | ngingelalwe |
| 2nd singular | ungalalwa | — | ungalalwa | ungelalwe | — | ungelalwe |
| 1st plural | singalalwa | — | singalalwa | singelalwe | — | singelalwe |
| 2nd plural | ningalalwa | — | ningalalwa | ningelalwe | — | ningelalwe |
| Class 1 | angalalwa | — | engalalwa | angelalwe | — | engelalwe |
| Class 2 | bangalalwa | — | bengalalwa | bangelalwe | — | bengelalwe |
| Class 3 | ungalalwa | — | ungalalwa | ungelalwe | — | ungelalwe |
| Class 4 | ingalalwa | — | ingalalwa | ingelalwe | — | ingelalwe |
| Class 5 | lingalalwa | — | lingalalwa | lingelalwe | — | lingelalwe |
| Class 6 | angalalwa | — | engalalwa | angelalwe | — | engelalwe |
| Class 7 | singalalwa | — | singalalwa | singelalwe | — | singelalwe |
| Class 8 | zingalalwa | — | zingalalwa | zingelalwe | — | zingelalwe |
| Class 9 | ingalalwa | — | ingalalwa | ingelalwe | — | ingelalwe |
| Class 10 | zingalalwa | — | zingalalwa | zingelalwe | — | zingelalwe |
| Class 11 | lungalalwa | — | lungalalwa | lungelalwe | — | lungelalwe |
| Class 14 | bungalalwa | — | bungalalwa | bungelalwe | — | bungelalwe |
| Class 15 | kungalalwa | — | kungalalwa | kungelalwe | — | kungelalwe |
| Class 17 | kungalalwa | — | kungalalwa | kungelalwe | — | kungelalwe |
| | 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 | ngizolalwa | engizolalwa | ngizolalwa | angizulalwa | engingezulalwa | ngingezulalwa |
| 2nd singular | uzolalwa | ozolalwa | uzolalwa | awuzulalwa | ongezulalwa | ungezulalwa |
| 1st plural | sizolalwa | esizolalwa | sizolalwa | asizulalwa | esingezulalwa | singezulalwa |
| 2nd plural | nizolalwa | enizolalwa | nizolalwa | anizulalwa | eningezulalwa | ningezulalwa |
| Class 1 | uzolalwa | ozolalwa | ezolalwa | akazulalwa | ongezulalwa | engezulalwa |
| Class 2 | bazolalwa | abazolalwa | bezolalwa | abazulalwa | abangezulalwa | bengezulalwa |
| Class 3 | uzolalwa | ozolalwa | uzolalwa | awuzulalwa | ongezulalwa | ungezulalwa |
| Class 4 | izolalwa | ezolalwa | izolalwa | ayizulalwa | engezulalwa | ingezulalwa |
| Class 5 | lizolalwa | elizolalwa | lizolalwa | alizulalwa | elingezulalwa | lingezulalwa |
| Class 6 | azolalwa | azolalwa | ezolalwa | awazulalwa | angezulalwa | engezulalwa |
| Class 7 | sizolalwa | esizolalwa | sizolalwa | asizulalwa | esingezulalwa | singezulalwa |
| Class 8 | zizolalwa | ezizolalwa | zizolalwa | azizulalwa | ezingezulalwa | zingezulalwa |
| Class 9 | izolalwa | ezolalwa | izolalwa | ayizulalwa | engezulalwa | ingezulalwa |
| Class 10 | zizolalwa | ezizolalwa | zizolalwa | azizulalwa | ezingezulalwa | zingezulalwa |
| Class 11 | luzolalwa | oluzolalwa | luzolalwa | aluzulalwa | olungezulalwa | lungezulalwa |
| Class 14 | buzolalwa | obuzolalwa | buzolalwa | abuzulalwa | obungezulalwa | bungezulalwa |
| Class 15 | kuzolalwa | okuzolalwa | kuzolalwa | akuzulalwa | okungezulalwa | kungezulalwa |
| Class 17 | kuzolalwa | okuzolalwa | kuzolalwa | akuzulalwa | okungezulalwa | kungezulalwa |
| | 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 | ngiyolalwa | engiyolalwa | ngiyolalwa | angiyulalwa | engingeyulalwa | ngingeyulalwa |
| 2nd singular | uyolalwa | oyolalwa | uyolalwa | awuyulalwa | ongeyulalwa | ungeyulalwa |
| 1st plural | siyolalwa | esiyolalwa | siyolalwa | asiyulalwa | esingeyulalwa | singeyulalwa |
| 2nd plural | niyolalwa | eniyolalwa | niyolalwa | aniyulalwa | eningeyulalwa | ningeyulalwa |
| Class 1 | uyolalwa | oyolalwa | eyolalwa | akayulalwa | ongeyulalwa | engeyulalwa |
| Class 2 | bayolalwa | abayolalwa | beyolalwa | abayulalwa | abangeyulalwa | bengeyulalwa |
| Class 3 | uyolalwa | oyolalwa | uyolalwa | awuyulalwa | ongeyulalwa | ungeyulalwa |
| Class 4 | iyolalwa | eyolalwa | iyolalwa | ayiyulalwa | engeyulalwa | ingeyulalwa |
| Class 5 | liyolalwa | eliyolalwa | liyolalwa | aliyulalwa | elingeyulalwa | lingeyulalwa |
| Class 6 | ayolalwa | ayolalwa | eyolalwa | awayulalwa | angeyulalwa | engeyulalwa |
| Class 7 | siyolalwa | esiyolalwa | siyolalwa | asiyulalwa | esingeyulalwa | singeyulalwa |
| Class 8 | ziyolalwa | eziyolalwa | ziyolalwa | aziyulalwa | ezingeyulalwa | zingeyulalwa |
| Class 9 | iyolalwa | eyolalwa | iyolalwa | ayiyulalwa | engeyulalwa | ingeyulalwa |
| Class 10 | ziyolalwa | eziyolalwa | ziyolalwa | aziyulalwa | ezingeyulalwa | zingeyulalwa |
| Class 11 | luyolalwa | oluyolalwa | luyolalwa | aluyulalwa | olungeyulalwa | lungeyulalwa |
| Class 14 | buyolalwa | obuyolalwa | buyolalwa | abuyulalwa | obungeyulalwa | bungeyulalwa |
| Class 15 | kuyolalwa | okuyolalwa | kuyolalwa | akuyulalwa | okungeyulalwa | kungeyulalwa |
| Class 17 | kuyolalwa | okuyolalwa | kuyolalwa | akuyulalwa | okungeyulalwa | kungeyulalwa |
| | Present subjunctive | Present subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngilalwe | ngingalalwa |
| 2nd singular | ulalwe | ungalalwa |
| 1st plural | silalwe | singalalwa |
| 2nd plural | nilalwe | ningalalwa |
| Class 1 | alalwe | angalalwa |
| Class 2 | balalwe | bangalalwa |
| Class 3 | ulalwe | ungalalwa |
| Class 4 | ilalwe | ingalalwa |
| Class 5 | lilalwe | lingalalwa |
| Class 6 | alalwe | angalalwa |
| Class 7 | silalwe | singalalwa |
| Class 8 | zilalwe | zingalalwa |
| Class 9 | ilalwe | ingalalwa |
| Class 10 | zilalwe | zingalalwa |
| Class 11 | lulalwe | lungalalwa |
| Class 14 | bulalwe | bungalalwa |
| Class 15 | kulalwe | kungalalwa |
| Class 17 | kulalwe | kungalalwa |
| | Past subjunctive | Past subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngalalwa | ngangalalwa, angalalwa, angangalalwa |
| 2nd singular | walalwa | wangalalwa, awalalwa, awangalalwa |
| 1st plural | salalwa | sangalalwa, asalalwa, asangalalwa |
| 2nd plural | nalalwa | nangalalwa, analalwa, anangalalwa |
| Class 1 | walalwa | wangalalwa, akalalwa, akangalalwa |
| Class 2 | balalwa | bangalalwa, abalalwa, abangalalwa |
| Class 3 | walalwa | wangalalwa, awalalwa, awangalalwa |
| Class 4 | yalalwa | yangalalwa, ayalalwa, ayangalalwa |
| Class 5 | lalalwa | langalalwa, alalalwa, alangalalwa |
| Class 6 | alalwa | angalalwa, awalalwa, awangalalwa |
| Class 7 | salalwa | sangalalwa, asalalwa, asangalalwa |
| Class 8 | zalalwa | zangalalwa, azalalwa, azangalalwa |
| Class 9 | yalalwa | yangalalwa, ayalalwa, ayangalalwa |
| Class 10 | zalalwa | zangalalwa, azalalwa, azangalalwa |
| Class 11 | lwalalwa | lwangalalwa, alwalalwa, alwangalalwa |
| Class 14 | balalwa | bangalalwa, abalalwa, abangalalwa |
| Class 15 | kwalalwa | kwangalalwa, akwalalwa, akwangalalwa |
| Class 17 | kwalalwa | kwangalalwa, akwalalwa, akwangalalwa |

### References

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