elephant oor Xhosa

elephant

/ˈelɪfənt/, /elɪfənt/ naamwoord

A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.

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Indlovu

trunk-bearing large mammal

The gentle Indian elephant cannot be driven or made to work beyond a certain point.
Indlovu yaseIndiya inokusebenza ukusa kumkhamo othile.

indlovu

naamwoord

mammal

Rather, they belong to an extinct species called Elephas antiquus, or ancient elephant.
Kunoko, ngawesilwanyana ekuthiwa yiElephas antiquus, okanye indlovu yamandulo engasekhoyo ngoku.

Elephant

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Our guide told us to stay together and to be on the lookout for elephants, since we would be hiking on trails that they used daily to search for food.
Umkhenkethisi wethu wacela ukuba sihlale sindawonye yaye silumkele iindlovu kuba sasiza kuhamba kwindawo ezidla ngokufuna ukutya kuyo.

Leopard pelts, elephant ivory, tiger bones, rhino horns, and turtles are among currently banned commodities.
Izikhumba zamahlosi, amabamba eendlovu, amathambo ezingwe, iimpondo zemikhombe neemfudo zaselwandle ziphakathi kwezinto ekuphelisiweyo ukuzithengisa ngoku.

The big animals shoved their smaller friends out of the way, but mighty Elephant was bigger than all the others.
Izilwanyana ezikhulu zatyhiliza abahlobo bazo abancinane ukuba basuke endleleni, kodwa uNdlovu omkhulukazi wayemkhulu ngaphezu kwazo zonke izilwanyana.

Soon we are out of the elephants’ sight.
Kungekudala iindlovu ziphel’ emehlweni.

The mahout scrubs his elephant’s thick yet soft and sensitive skin
Umqeqeshi uhlamba isikhumba sendlovu esomeleleyo kodwa esithambileyo

“A trunk like Elephant?”
“UNdlovu nomboko wakhe?”

Elephant shrew
Uhlobo oluthile lwentuku

Elephants
Iindlovu

Therefore, an old sage may remark: “You should face your responsibilities squarely, since ‘no elephant ever found its trunk too heavy.’”
Ngoko ke, inkonde isenokuthi: “Ufanele ujamelane neembopheleleko zakho ngokupheleleyo, ekubeni ‘kungekho ndlovu yakhe yasindwa ngumboko wayo.’”

Zechariah explains that elephants in the park are used to humans and that some even come close.
UZechariah usichazela ukuba iindlovu zale paki zibaqhelile abantu yaye ezinye zide zisondele.

Mankind today is much like those men marooned on Elephant Island.
Abantu namhlanje bayafana naloo madoda asengxakini kwiElephant Island.

The fourth reached out and felt its knee and said: “’Tis clear enough the elephant is very like a tree!”
Eyesine yolula isandla yaza yampampatha idolo layo yaza yathi: “Kucace gca ukuba indlovu le kanti injengomthi!”

When kindness reigns, the elephant need not even be chained when his mahout is temporarily absent.
Xa iphethwe ngobubele, indlovu inako ukushiywa okwethutyana ngumqeqeshi wayo ingabotshelelwanga.

It is like the six blind men from Indostan, each one of whom jumped to a wrong conclusion because of feeling only one part of the elephant’s anatomy.
Oko bekuya kufana noko kwenziwa ngamadoda amathandathu aseIndostan awayeziimfama, nganye kuwo eyafikelela kwisigqibo esiphosakeleyo ngenxa yokuchukumisa ilungu elinye nje kuphela lomzimba wendlovu.

One example is the touching relationship between three African elephants and an American named Randall Moore.
Omnye umzekelo lulwalamano oluchukumisayo phakathi kweendlovu ezintathu zaseAfrika nomMerika ogama linguRandall Moore.

Researchers hope that imitating the dexterous properties of the elephant’s trunk will help them develop superior robots for both domestic and industrial use.
Abaphengululi banethemba lokuba xa besenza iirobhothi bexelisa umboko wendlovu, oko kuya kubanceda benze iirobhothi ezibalaseleyo kwimisebenzi yasendlwini nakwiindawo zengqesho.

Mandla left Elephant playing in the river and went on through the forest.
Wahamba uMandla wangena ehlathini emshiya apho uNdlovu esadlala emlanjeni.

In an interview with the magazine Getaway, she explained: “All the little elephants that come in have different temperaments, just as human children do. . . .
Kudliwano-ndlebe nephephancwadi iGetaway, uthi: “Zonke ezi ndlovu zincinane zifikayo zinezimilo ezahlukeneyo, kanye njengokuba abantwana abangabantu benjalo. . . .

Experts in animal behavior continue to be puzzled by the intricate ways in which elephants convey serious messages.
Iingcali ngokuphathelele indlela eziphila ngayo izilwanyana zisadidekile ziindlela ezinobugoci-goci iindlovu ezidlulisela ngazo imiyalezo ebalulekileyo.

Later we paused to observe black rhino in the distance and wild elephants close by feeding on the trees.
Kamva semisa ukuze sibukele umkhombe omnyama umgama neendlovu zasendle kufuphi zisidla emithini.

In Kerala, a mahout uses some 20 commands and signals to get his elephant to do the needed work.
EKerala, umqeqeshi usebenzisa imiyalelo engama-20 ukwalathisa indlovu ukwenza umsebenzi ofunekayo.

Hezekiah himself . . . did send me, later, to Nineveh, my lordly city, together with 30 talents of gold, 800 talents of silver, precious stones, antimony, large cuts of red stone, couches (inlaid) with ivory, nimedu -chairs (inlaid) with ivory, elephant-hides, ebony-wood, boxwood (and) all kinds of valuable treasures, his (own) daughters, concubines, male and female musicians.
UHezekiya yena . . . wandithumela, kamva, eNineve, ikomkhulu lam, kunye neetalente zegolide ezingama-30, iitalente zesilivere ezingama-800, amatye anqabileyo, iantimony, iinxalenye ezinkulu zelitye elibomvu, izingqengqelo (ezityhidiweyo) zeempondo zendlovu, izihlalo zenimedu (ezityhidiweyo) ngeempondo zendlovu, izikhumba zeendlovu, umthi womsimbithi, iboxwood (nazo) zonke iintlobo zobuncwane obuxabisekileyo, iintombi, amashweshwe, iimvumi zakhe (buqu) ezingamadoda nezingamabhinqa.

I was pretending to have a trunk like Elephant and I wasn’t looking where I was going.”
Undixolele kuba ndingqubeke kuwe, kaloku ndilibele kukulinganisa uNdlovu nomboko wakhe, ngoku bendingajonganga apho bendihamba khona.”

“In Kenya’s Amboseli game park,” explains New Scientist magazine, “where there has been no culling, elephants walk freely among humans and show no fear of them.”
Iphephancwadi iNew Scientist lithi, “Kwipaki yezilwanyana zasendle iAmboseli eKenya apho zingakhange zibulawe khona, iindlovu zihamba ngokukhululekileyo phakathi kwabantu yaye aziboyiki.”

Just what is the tagua nut, and how has it become an elephant’s friend?
Yintoni kanye itagua nut, ibe kutheni sele ingumhlobo wendlovu?