Mismatch: morphosyntax: applicative
The applicative is regularly formed through the addition of the suffix -la, e.g. hlala 'wait' ~ hlalela 'wait for' (p. 132).
Doke (p.143) writes
There are in Zulu many stems of more than 2 syllables which have the applied termination, but are not clearly connected with more simple forms, and do not indicate applied function.
Some examples:
| zingela | 'hunt' |
| saɓela | 'answer a call' |
| lalela | 'obey' |
| thekela | 'sponge for food' |
| sekela | 'prop up' (= seka, with the same meaning) |
| sondela | 'approach' |
| jwayela | 'be accustomed' |
| thandela | 'wind round' (n.b. it has an applicative form thandelela) |
References
Doke, Clement M. 1963. Textbook of Zulu grammar (6th ed.). Johannesburg: Longman.