axe oor Xhosa

axe

/æks/ werkwoord, naamwoord

An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

Mazembe

tool or weapon

izembe

c5;c6

tool

Stones tied in a split stick will make a hammer or axe.
Amatye abotshelelwe kwintonga yahlukeneyo ingenza ihamile okanye izembe.

Axe

eienaam

Either of two rivers in the West Country, England.

voorbeelde

Axes Division
Ulwahlulo Lweelayini ezineziqu

And when the tunnel was driven through, the quarrymen hewed (the rock), each man toward his fellow, axe against axe; and the water flowed from the spring toward the reservoir for 1,200 cubits, and the height of the rock above the head(s) of the quarrymen was 100 cubits.”
Yaye xa kwagqojozwa kulo mjelo, abembi bamatye baliqengqa (ilitye), yayileyo indoda yajongana nowayo, kwakhala izembe; ibe amanzi ampompoza ukusuka emthonjeni ukuya edamini kangangeekubhite ezili-1 200, ibe eli litye laliphakame ngeekubhite ezili-100 phezu kwentloko (kweentloko) zabembi.”

At a live rock concert, one of the performers placed a woman in a box and proceeded to chop into the box with an ax.
Kwelinye itheko lomculo werock, omnye wabadlali wafaka ibhinqa elithile ebhokisini waza wayixhaxha loo bhokisi ngezembe.

But these English having gotten our land, they with scythes cut down the grass, and with axes fell the trees; their cows and horses eat the grass, and their hogs spoil our clam banks, and we shall all be starved.”—Warpaths—Invasions of North America.
Kodwa athi la maNgesi akufumana umhlaba wethu, asika ingca ngamarhengqa, agawula imithi ngamazembe; iinkomo namahashe awo atya ingca, neehagu zawo zagxobha imilambo yethu ehlala iimbaza, yaye sonke siza kuthwaxwa linxele likaKhetsekile.”—Warpaths—Invasions of North America.

“We all took turns chopping wood while we had the ax,” recalls one of the missionaries, “but we managed to keep warm!”
Omnye umthunywa wevangeli uthi: “Satshintshisana ngokucanda iinkuni, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba sihlale sifudumele.”

You rarely get to test even the most ingenious ideas, because you usually don’t see the truck—or the ax—before it flattens you.”
Akukwazi ukuvavanya nezona ngcamango zobuchule, kuba ngokuqhelekileyo akuyiboni le lori—okanye oku kugecwa—de kube kwenzekile.”

In fact, lyrebirds are such gifted imitators that they can copy almost any sound they hear —including musical instruments, barking dogs, burglar alarms, the blows of an ax, and even camera motor drives!
Enyanisweni, ilyrebird inesiphiwo sokulinganisa kangangokuba inokulinganisa phantse nasiphi na isandi esivayo—kuquka izixhobo zomculo, izinja ezikhonkothayo, ialarm isithonga sezembe nengxolo yekhamera!

He had severed his right hand with an ax.
Wayezixabele ngezembe kwisandla sasekunene.

As I gave away or sold all my equipment —skis, climbing irons, carabiners, hammers, hooked nails, and ice ax— I can honestly say, in the apostle Paul’s words, that to me they were now just “a lot of refuse.”
Njengoko ndandirhoxa ngokupheleleyo okanye ndithengisa zonke izixhobo zam—izihlangu zokutyibiliza, iintsimbi zokunyuka, iicarabiners, izando, izikhonkwane zokubambelela, nezembe lasemkhenkceni—ngokunyanisekileyo ndandinokuthi, ndisebenzisa amazwi ompostile uPawulos, kum ngoku kuphela nje “zaziyinkunkuma.”

When the Assyrians, who had served as God’s instrument in punishing the Israelites, resorted to wanton cruelty, Isaiah exposed their presumptuousness with this illustration: “Will the ax enhance itself over the one chopping with it, or the saw magnify itself over the one moving it back and forth?”
Xa ama-Asiriya, awasetyenziswa nguThixo njengesixhobo sokohlwaya amaSirayeli, asebenzisa inkohlakalo egqithiseleyo, uIsaya wakubhenca ukuzikhukhumalisa kwawo ngalo mzekeliso: “Izembe lingamqhayisela na ogawula ngalo? Isarha ingazikhulisa na ngaphezu koyitsalayo?”

(Revelation 14:1, 4) “Yes,” continues John, “I saw the souls of those executed with the ax for the witness they bore to Jesus and for speaking about God, and those who had worshiped neither the wild beast nor its image and who had not received the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand.”
(ISityhilelo 14:1, 4) UYohane uhlabela mgama esithi: “Ewe, ndabona imiphefumlo yabo babebulewe ngezembe ngenxa yobungqina ababunikelayo ngoYesu nangenxa yokuthetha ngoThixo, nabo babengalinqulanga irhamncwa nomfanekiso walo nababengalwamkelanga uphawu ebunzini labo okanye esandleni sabo.”

“Pass me the axe.
“Khawundigqithisele izembe.

Already the ax is lying at the root of the trees; every tree, then, that does not produce fine fruit is to be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
Kananjalo izembe selibekiwe engcanjini yemithi; ngoko yonke imithi engavelisi siqhamo sihle, iyagawulwa iphoswe emlilweni.”

For example, the ax found on Mount Similaun was similar to those manufactured farther south, on the shores of Lake Garda, and may have been the object of a commercial transaction.
Ngokomzekelo, izembe elafunyanwa kwiNtaba yaseSimilaun lalifana nalawo enziwa kude emazantsi, kunxweme lweChibi iGarda, yaye kusenokuba laliyinto ekwakunaniselwana ngayo kwezorhwebo.

Often working through the night when temperatures are well below freezing, craftsmen use axes and shovels for the rough work and smaller carving tools for the details.
Ngokufuthi besebenza ubusuku bonke apho amaqondo obushushu engaphantsi kweqondo lokukhenkcisa, abasebenzi basebenzisa amazembe nemihlakulo xa besawuqala umsebenzi baze basebenzise nezinye izixhobo ezincinane zokuqingqa xa sebengene nzulu kuloo msebenzi.

On the third day, the bravest of the villagers, equipped with axes, approached the Witnesses and started conversations.
Exhobe ngamazembe, kusuku lwesithathu amakroti aya kumaNgqina aza athetha nawo.

Copper ax, 2.
Izembe lobhedu, 2.

(Isaiah 10:15) The Assyrian Empire is a mere tool in Jehovah’s hand, much as an ax, a saw, a staff, or a rod might be used by a woodsman, a sawyer, or a shepherd.
(Isaya 10:15) UBukhosi baseAsiriya bufana nje nesixhobo esisesandleni sikaYehova, nqwa nezembe esandleni somgawuli, isarha esandleni somchweli okanye intonga esandleni somalusi.

Within a few yards [meters] of the body were objects that had apparently been a part of his everyday life: an unstrung yew-wood bow, a buckskin quiver with 14 arrows (2 ready for use, the others still to be finished), a flint- bladed dagger, an ax, an object that is thought to be the frame for a primitive pack, a leather bag, a birch- bark receptacle, and fragments of clothing, as well as other utensils and objects.
Kwiimitha ezimbalwa ukusuka kulo mzimba kwakukho izinto ekwakubonakala ukuba wayezisebenzisa kubomi bakhe bemihla ngemihla: isaphetha esingenamtya esenziwe ngokhuni lweyew, isingxobo sokufaka iintolo esenziwe ngesikhumba sembabala esineentolo ezili-14 (ezimbini zilungele ukusetyenziswa, ezinye zingekagqitywa ukwenziwa), isinkempe esenziwe ngelitye elilukhuni, izembe, uphahla lwento ekwakucingwa ukuba yeyomthwalo wamandulo, ingxowa eyenziwe ngesikhumba, isitya esenziwe ngexolo lomthi oyibirch, neziqwenga zempahla, kunye nezinye izixhobo nezinye izinto.

(6:1) No hammers, axes, or any tools of iron are used at the building site, as all the stones are prepared and fitted at the quarry before being brought to the temple site for assembly.
(6:1) Esakhiweni akusetyenziswa zando, mazembe okanye naziphi na izixhobo zesinyithi, njengoko onke amatye sele egqityiwe ukulungiswa kwindawo ambiwa kuyo ngaphambi kokuba eziswe kwisiza setempile ukuze ahlanganiswe.

The three axes of motion of a yacht (pitch, roll and yaw) are centered in an area roughly three-fifths of the boat's length from the bow.
I axes ezintathu zentshukume yesikhephe (ukuxhuma-xhuma, ukurola nokuphuma emgaqweni) zibekwe kwindowo emayela ne 3/5 yobude benqanawe ukusuka kumphambili.

By thinking ahead, you increase your productivity, like a wise workman who sharpens his ax.
Xa uceba kwangaphambili, utsho ukwazi ukwenza izinto ezininzi, njengendoda elumkileyo eye yalola izembe layo kwangaphambili.

In New York City, a gang in their late teens and early 20’s, armed with bats, pipes, axes, knives, and a meat cleaver, went “wilding” near a settlement of homeless men, injuring many and leaving one with his throat slashed.
KwisiXeko saseNew York, iqela leenjubaqa elikwiminyaka yalo yokugqibela yeshumi elivisayo nelikwiminyaka yalo yokuqala yama-20, lixhobe ngamaphini, imibhobho, amazembe, iimela, nangezenjana lokuxhaxha inyama, “laya kuziyolisa ngokwenza intlondi” kufutshane nendawo ehlala amadoda angenamakhaya, lisenzakalisa abaninzi lishiya omnye limnqumle umqala.

Furthermore, a person traveling in the mountains needs to shed all excess weight, “which makes it particularly puzzling that the man’s bow and 12 of his 14 arrows were unfinished, whereas his other weapons (dagger and axe) were worn by prolonged use,” observes Nature.
Ngaphezu koko, umntu ohamba ezintabeni kufuneka aphungule bonke ubunzima obugqithisileyo, “into eyenza kudide ngokukodwa kukuba isaphetha sale ndoda neentolo ezili-12 kwezili-14 zibe zazingagqitywanga ukwenziwa, ngoxa ezinye izixhobo zayo (isinkempe nezembe) zazibuthuntu kukusetyenziswa ixesha elide,” ngokutsho kweNature.

The Axes of Motion.
I axes zentshukumo.