crow oor Xhosa

crow

/kɹəʊ/, /kroʊ/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

unomyani

c11;c10

any bird of the genus Corvus

Crow

eienaam, naamwoord

A Native American tribe.

voorbeelde

A cock had crowed, and it sounded as if the bird was right under his pallet.
Kwakukhonya umqhagi, ibe wawuvakala ngathi ungaphantsi kanye kweqonga awayelele kulo.

Immediately, Peter recalls what Jesus said only a few hours earlier in the upper room: “Before a cock crows twice, even you will disown me three times.”
Ngokukhawuleza, uPetros ukhumbula oko uYesu ebekuthethile kwiiyure nje ezimbalwa ngaphambilana kwigumbi eliphezulu: “Ingekalili inkuku kabini, uya kundikhanyela kathathu.”

Just as Peter makes this third denial, a cock crows.
Kanye njengoko uPetros ekhanyela okwesithathu, inkuku iyalila.

Flocks of crows followed, picking at the corpses that were left behind.
Amahlungulu athi chu apha emva kwethu, esitya izidumbu esasizishiya ngasemva.

Later, they were in for a good laugh—talks were accompanied by the mooing of cows, crowing of roosters, and braying of donkeys.”
Ekuluphulaphuleni kwabo, bacubhuka yintsini—kuba babesiva intsholo yokunxakama kweenkomo needonki, neyokukhonya kwemiqhagi.”

Immediately, Peter recalls what Jesus said only a few hours earlier in the upper room: “Before a cock crows twice, even you will disown me three times.”
Kwangoko, uPetros ukhumbula oko uYesu ebekuthethile kwiiyure nje ezimbalwa ngaphambilana kwigumbi eliphezulu: “Ingekalili kabini inkuku, uya kundikhanyela kathathu.”

On hearing the cock crow, Peter “went outside and wept bitterly.” —Matt.
Esakuva umqhagi ukhonya, uPetros “waphuma phandle waza walila ngokukrakra.”—Mat.

Awakened earlier by the relentless crowing of roosters, I got up and walked down the main street.
Ekuseni ndavuswa kukukhala kwenkuku, ndaphuma phandle ndabethwa ngumoya.

At the position where the eye is to be made, untwist the rope to form a crow's foot.
Kwindawo apho imehlo liza kwenzelwa khona, ungajiji intambo ukuvelisa unyawo olushwabeneyo.

The “cockcrowing” watch is of particular interest because of Jesus’ words to Peter at Mark 14:30: “Before a cock crows twice, even you will disown me three times.”
Umlindo ‘wangeenkuku zokuqala’ usinika umdla othile ngenxa yamazwi kaYesu kuPetros akuMarko 14:30 athi: “Ingekalili kabini inkuku, uya kundikhanyela kathathu.”

Perhaps at this point he is startled by the crowing of a cock in the early morning darkness.
Mhlawumbi ngeli xesha wothuswa kukulila kwenkuku kubumnyama besifingo.

CROW’S-NEST.
IMBONISELO EPHEZULU EMASTINI.

But Jesus told Peter: ‘Before a rooster crows, you will say three times that you don’t know me.’
Kodwa uYesu wathi kuPetros: ‘Ngaphambi kokuba umqhagi ukhale, uza kundikhanyela kathathu.’

While some commentators maintain that the “twice” refers to specific points of time —midnight and dawn, respectively— A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels, edited by James Hastings, indicates that “as a matter of fact cocks crow during the night, in the East as elsewhere, at irregular times from midnight onward.”
Ngoxa abahlalutyi abathile begcine into yokuba igama elithi “kabini” libhekisela kumaxesha athile aqingqiweyo—ezinzulwini zobusuku nangoms’ obomvu, ngokulandelelanayo—iA Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels, eyahlelwa nguJames Hastings, ibonisa ukuba “enyanisweni, eMpuma ngokufanayo nezinye iindawo, imiqhagi ikhonya ebusuku, ngamaxesha angaqingqwanga ukususela ezinzulwini zobusuku ukuya phambili.”

CROW'S NEST.
ISIXHASI.

A cock crows a second time, and Peter, recalling Jesus’ words, breaks down and weeps.
Inkuku ilila okwesibini, yaye uPetros, ekhumbula amazwi kaYesu, uba buhlungu gqitha aze alile.

Jesus looks at Peter, and Peter remembers that a few hours earlier, Jesus told him: “Before a cock crows, you will disown me three times.”
UYesu ujonga uPetros, ibe uPetros ukhumbula ukuba kwiiyure ezimbalwa ngaphambili, uYesu ebethe kuye: “Ngaphambi kokuba umqhagi ukhonye, uya kundikhanyela kathathu.”

A crow's foot is then formed in the middle.
Unyawo lwemboniselo ephezulu emastini lwenzekile phakathi.

▪ How many times does a cock crow, and how often does Peter deny knowing Christ?
▪ Inkuku ilila kangaphi, yaye uPetros ukhanyela ngokufuthi kangakanani ukuba uyamazi uYesu?

Jesus prophesied that, on the contrary, Peter would deny his Master three times that very night before a cock crowed twice.
Kodwa ke, uYesu waprofeta wathi yayiza kuthi ingekakhali kabini inkuku abe sele emkhanyele izihlandlo ezithathu.

The seaman posted in the extreme bow or in the crow's-nest to give warning of approaching danger.
Umatiloshe othunyelwe kumphambili wenqanawa okude umthwalo okanye kwimboniselo ephezulu emastini nkulumkisa kwingozi ezayo.

Then the cock crows.
Kwandula ke kulile inkuku.

If you stay in the village overnight, you may be awakened by cocks crowing at two or three in the morning.
Ukuba uye walala kule dolophana ebusuku, usenokuvuswa kukukhala kwemiqhagi ngentsimbi yesibini okanye yesithathu ekuseni.

The Crow and the Nightingale
Unomyayi Nomlonji

The rooster crowed and flew off.
Umqhagi wakhonya waza wabhabha.