ant oor Xhosa

ant

/ænt/ werkwoord, naamwoord

Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.

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imbovane

naamwoord

Any of the black, red, brown, or yellow insects of the family Formicidae characterized by a large head and by living in organized colonies.

However, there already was an expert in garbage disposal—a little ant found in tropical America.
Kodwa ke, yayisele ikho ingcungela yokucoca—imbovane encinane efumaneka kwiindawo zaseMerika ezikwitropiki.

Ant

eienaam

A diminutive of the male given name Anthony.

ANT

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Afghanistan National Television.

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For the next three years, the Mongols, said to be more numerous than ants, systematically pillaged and burned cities and fields and slaughtered Sultan Muhammad’s people en masse, except for those who had skills the Mongols desired.
Kwiminyaka emithathu eyalandelayo, umkhosi waseMongol wawutshabalalisa njengeenkumbi utshisa izixeko, amasimi, ubulala nenkitha yabantu ngaphandle kwabo babenobugcisa abangenabo.

Worker ants then milk the aphids of some of their excess sugar, which is called honeydew, or they collect nectar directly from the trees.
Iimbovane ziphinda zizifunxele enye incindi kwimithi yomnga.

The ant colony draws upon these living “honey pots” during lean times.
Ngamaxesha kaxakeka, xa iimbovane zingakwazi ukufumana ukutya ngaphandle kwemingxuma yazo, zibhenela kwezi zigcina incindi.

In Israel, as in many other places, it is a common sight to see a harvester ant scurrying about, carrying a seed nearly as large as itself.
KwaSirayeli, njengakwezinye iindawo, kuyinto eqhelekileyo ukubona imbovane engumvuni isihla inyuka, ithwele imbewu ephantse ilingane nayo ngobukhulu.

Over the centuries the white ant has kept the wood-carver busy.
Ukutyhubela iinkulungwane imbovane ibisoloko imgcine esisinxada-nxada umkroli wezinto zomthi.

Other ants act as farmers, raising and cultivating “crops” of fungus.
Ezinye iimbovane ziba ngabalimi, zikhulise “isivuno” somngundo.

Ants that work with the garbage spend their lives there, turning the waste over to aid decomposition, which in turn destroys disease-causing bacteria.
Iimbovane ezisebenza ngenkunkuma zihlala apho ziguquguqula le nkunkuma de ibe ngumgquba, onceda ekubulaleni iintsholongwane ezibangela izifo.

One night, it was so dark that we unwittingly pitched our tents in the middle of a colony of large black ants.
Ngobunye ubusuku, kwakumnyama thsu kangangokuba singabonanga sagxumeka iintente zethu kwindawo eyayineembovane ezinkulu ezimnyama.

Certain ants also enjoy a symbiotic alliance with plants.
Ezinye iimbovane zisebenzisana nezityalo.

8 Some researchers believe that for every human there are at least 200,000 ants, all of them busily toiling on and under the earth’s surface.
8 Abanye abaphengululi bathi inani leembovane liliphindaphinda kangangezihlandlo ezingama-200 000 inani labantu, zonke zisebenza nzima ngaphezulu nangaphantsi komhlaba.

Ants are industrious, and so should we be, striving to improve our work, even if not being monitored. —9/15, page 26.
Iimbovane zinemveliso, yaye nathi sifanele sibe njalo, sizabalazele ukuphucula umsebenzi wethu, kwanokuba akukho mntu usijongileyo.—9/15, iphepha 26.

Later, when the butterfly emerges from its chrysalis, it leaves the ants’ nest safe and unharmed.
Kamva, xa ibhabhathane ligqiba ukuba nguphunguphungu, liyaphuma kwindlwana yeembovane likhuselekile.

The ants told their stories of the veld and the forest, and of the mountains and the cities beyond.
Iimbovane zabalisa amabali azo asethafeni nasehlathini, kwakunye nawasezintabeni nawezixeko ezikude.

Ants are a model of cooperation
Iimbovane ziyasebenzisana

For more information on the leaf-cutting ant, see the Awake!
Ukuze ufumane inkcazelo engakumbi ngeembovane ezitya amagqabi, bona uVukani!

As the ant benefits from its industriousness, so God wants humans to ‘see good for all their hard work.’
Njengoko imbovane ingenelwa ngokukhuthala kwayo, uThixo ufuna ukuba abantu ‘babone okulungileyo emigudwini yabo yonke.’

The Ant and the Wood-Carver
Imbovane Nomkroli Wezinto Zomthi

“Even the stork . . . well knows its appointed times” to migrate, and the ant “prepares its food even in the summer” to be ready for the winter, says the Bible.
IBhayibhile ithi: “Nengwamza . . . iyawazi amaxesha ayo amisiweyo” okuba ifuduke, yaye imbovane ‘ilungisa isonka sayo ehlotyeni’ ukulungiselela ubusika.

“We are ants.
“Siziimbovane.

When an ant is returning to the nest and reaches a fork in the trail, it instinctively takes the path that deviates least, which inevitably leads home.
Xa imbovane ibuyela kumngxuma wayo ize ifikelele kwindawo exwesayo, ngethuku, ihamba ngendlela exwesa kancinane, ethi ekugqibeleni ifikelele kumngxuma wayo.

Described as “instinctively wise” in the Bible at Proverbs 30:24, 25, ants are one of the marvels of creation.
Xa ichaza iimbovane eziyinxalenye yendalo emangalisayo, kwiMizekeliso 30:24, 25, iBhayibhile ithi “ngethuku lemvelo zilumkile.”

Yes, both ants and aphids are winners in this symbiotic partnership called mutualism.
Iimbovane neeaphids zifumana umvuzo ngokusebenzisana kwazo.

Within minutes, Yuminiya collects over a hundred ants from several chambers.
Ngemizuzu nje embalwa, uYuminiya uqokelela iimbovane ezingaphezu kwekhulu kwimingxuma eyahlukeneyo.

The ant, for example, is “instinctively wise.”
Ngokomzekelo, imbovane ‘ilumkile ngethuku lemvelo.’

Remarkably cooperative and attentive to fellow workers, they assist injured or exhausted ants back to the nest.
Ngentsebenziswano engummangaliso nenyameko eziyibonisayo kwezo zisebenzisana nazo, zinceda ukubuyisela ezo zonzakeleyo okanye zidiniweyo kwindawo yazo yokuhlala.