cockroach oor Xhosa

cockroach

/ˈkɒkroʊtʃ/ naamwoord

(zoology) A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea , with about 3,500 species divided into six families. Only a few of these take up residence with human beings. Among these are Periplaneta americana (American cockroach or palmetto bug); Blattella germanica (German cockroach or Croton bug); and Blattella asahinai (Asian cockroach).

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As her doctor is about to listen to her lungs, a cockroach falls out of Ashley’s shirt and runs across the examination table.
Xa ugqirha wayelungiselela ukumxilonga, kwaphuma iphela ehempeni ka-Ashley laza libaleka laya kusithela.

Cockroach

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Uncollected garbage attracts rats, flies, and cockroaches.
Inkunkuma engathuthwayo itsala iimpuku, iimpukane namaphela.

“Rats, mice, and cockroaches came free with the house,” recalls Brother Carbonneau.
UMzalwan’ uCarbonneau ukhumbula oku: “Kuloo ndlu kwakudakasa amabuzi, iimpuku namaphela.

Open sewers, piles of uncollected garbage, filthy communal toilets, disease-carrying rats, cockroaches, and flies have become common sights.”
Ukugqabhuka kwemibhobho yamanzi amdaka, inkunkuma efumbileyo, izindlu zangasese zikawonke wonke ezinyhukunyhuku, iimpuku ezithwele izifo, amaphela neempukane zinyakazela apho.”

The despoiler of the cities of Judah, described at Isaiah 33:1, is ........, which would itself end up defeated in 632 B.C.E., leaving behind great spoil for the inhabitants of ........, who would ‘gather it like the cockroaches.’
Umphangi wesixeko sakwaYuda, ochazwe kuIsaya 33:1, ........, eyayiza koyiswa ekugqibeleni ngowama-632 B.C.E., ishiya ngasemva amaxhoba amaninzi aza kuqokelelwa ngabemi bakwa........, ‘ababeza kuhlanganisana njengamaphela.’

Cockroaches, which thrive in filth, are also suspected of mechanically transmitting disease.
Kucingelwa ukuba amaphela, athanda ukuba kwiindawo ezinenkunkuma, anokuthwala iintsholongwane ngemizimba yawo.

There were mice and cockroaches to keep us company at night.
Ebusuku sasihlala neempuku namaphela.

It seems that the idea of purposely releasing insects on farmland makes about as much sense to farmers as releasing cockroaches in apartments would make to city dwellers.
Kubonakala kungekho ngqiqweni kuwo ukufaka izinambuzane ngabom emasimini ngokungathi kukufakela abantu besixeko amaphela ezindlwini.

The literature is kept in an old cupboard, but it cannot be stored there for long because of invasions by cockroaches and termites that ruin the paper.
Uncwadi lwalugcinwa kwikhabhathi endala, kodwa lwalungenakugcinwa apho ithuba elide ngenxa yokuba kwakukho amaphela neentubi ezazilonakalisa iphepha.

Through Joel’s eyes, we see a calamity as the land is stripped of vegetation by swarms of caterpillars, locusts, creeping unwinged locusts, and cockroaches.
Ngamehlo kaYoweli, sibona intlekele njengoko kutshatyalaliswa izityalo zelizwe libubu lomqikela, leenkumbi, lomkhothululi, nelomnqunquthi.

In addition, experts link a recent steep rise in asthma, especially among children, to cockroach allergies.
Ukongezelela, iingcali zithi amaphela anento yokwenza nokwanda kwesifo sesifuba, ingakumbi ebantwaneni.

What was left by the caterpillar, the locust has eaten; and what was left by the locust, the creeping, unwinged locust has eaten; and what the creeping, unwinged locust has left, the cockroach has eaten.” —Joel 1:1-4.
Okushiywe ngumqikela kudliwe yinkumbi, okushiywe yinkumbi kudliwe ngumkhothululi, okushiywe ngumkhothululi kudliwe ngumnqunquthi.”—Yoweli 1:1-4.

Unclean conditions attract rats, flies, and cockroaches—the cause of all sorts of sicknesses.
Ubumdaka bubiza amabuzi, iimpukane, kwanamaphela—zinto ezo ezingunobangela wako konke ukugula.

By making sure that food does not sit unprotected and by keeping the house neat and clean, she has few problems with rats, mice, and cockroaches.
Ngenxa yokuba eyigcina indlu icocekile nokutya kuhlala kugqunyiwe, akakhathazwa ziimpuku namaphela.

Invasion by the caterpillar, the locust, and the cockroach is what Joel sees in vision.
Ukuhlaselwa yimibungu, ziinkumbi nangamaphela koko kubonwa nguYoweli embonweni.

And what the locusts leave, fast-moving cockroaches are sure to finish off.
Yaye okushiywe ziinkumbi iba sisisulu samaphela anqunqutha ngokukhawuleza.

A devastating onslaught by the caterpillar, the locust, the creeping unwinged locust, and the cockroach.
Ukutyakatya okuphanzisayo okwenziwa ngumqikela, inkumbi, umkhothululi nomnqunquthi.

Accumulated garbage can contribute to an increase in the population of rats, cockroaches, and other pests that cause illness.
Ukufunjwa kwenkunkuma kusenokubangela ukwanda kweempuku, amaphela, nemibungu enokusiphathela izifo.

As her doctor is about to listen to her lungs, a cockroach falls out of Ashley’s shirt and runs across the examination table.
Xa ugqirha wayelungiselela ukumxilonga, kwaphuma iphela ehempeni ka-Ashley laza libaleka laya kusithela.

6 “The spoil of you people [the Assyrians] will actually be gathered like the cockroaches when gathering in, like the onrush of locust swarms that is rushing against one.”
6 “Ixhoba lenu [ama-Asiriya] liya kuhlanganiswa njengamaphela xa ehlanganisana, njengokugxalathelana kweenkumbi.”

But when I turned on my flashlight, the whole floor seemed to come alive with cockroaches.
Kodwa ndakukhanyisa isibane sam, umgangatho wavela wanyakazela amaphela.

Cleaning the pantry or cupboards frequently will keep cockroaches and other harmful insects from taking up residence there.
Ukulicoca rhoqo igumbi ekugcinwa kulo ukutya neekhabhathi kuya kugxotha amaphela nezinye izinambuzane eziyingozi.

Medical researchers discovered that rats, mice, cockroaches, flies, and mosquitoes can all serve as hosts for transmitting disease.
Abaphanda ngezonyango bafumanise ukuba iimpuku, amaphela, iimpukane neengcongconi zinako ukudlulisela izifo.