finger oor Xhosa

finger

/ˈfɪŋgə/, /ˈfɪŋɡə/, /fɪŋɡɝ/ werkwoord, naamwoord

(anatomy) One of the long extremities of the hand. Sometimes excludes the thumb.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

umnwe

extremity of the hand

As a result, the human finger is the most sensitive touch sensor known.
Ngenxa yoko, umnwe womntu lelona lungu linezivamvo ezibukhali.

Finger

eienaam

A surname.

FINGER

voorbeelde

7 Jesus put his finger on the problem.
7 UYesu wayalatha ingxaki.

At Psalm 8:3, 4, David expressed the awe he felt: “When I see your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have prepared, what is mortal man that you keep him in mind, and the son of earthling man that you take care of him?”
KwiNdumiso 8:3, 4, uDavide evakalisa ukumangaliseka kwakhe wathi: “Xa ndilikhangelayo izulu lakho, umsebenzi weminwe yakho, inyanga neenkwenkwezi ozimisileyo: uyintoni na umntu lo, le nto umkhumbulelayo?”

Lourdes gazes at the city from her apartment window, her fingers covering her trembling mouth.
ULourdes ujonge isixeko ekwifestile yendawo ahlala kuyo, ebambelele kumlomo ongcangcazelayo.

It was also “God’s finger” that carved the Ten Commandments on stone tablets.
‘Yayikwangumnwe kaThixo’ owakrola iMithetho Elishumi kumacwecwe amatye.

He “put his fingers into the man’s ears and, after spitting, he touched his tongue.”
“Wafaka iminwe yakhe ezindlebeni zalo mntu waza, emva kokutshica, wachukumisa ulwimi lwakhe.”

21 As has been seen, Jehovah “proceeded to give Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone written on by God’s finger.”
21 Njengoko sekuboniwe, uYehova “wamnika uMoses amacwecwe amabini esingqino, amacwecwe amatye, ebhalwe ngomnwe kaThixo.”

Contamination is particularly a problem in store samplers into which dozens of people have dipped their fingers.
Ukwasulelwa zizifo kuyingxaki ngokukhethekileyo kwiivenkile zemiboniso ekuthi kuyo abantu abaninzi bathi nkxu iminwe yabo.

“When I see your heavens, the works of your fingers,
“Xa ndilikhangelayo izulu lakho, umsebenzi weminwe yakho,

“When I see your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have prepared,” he later wrote, “what is mortal man that you keep him in mind, and the son of earthling man that you take care of him?” —Psalm 8:3, 4.
Kamva wathi: “Xa ndibona amazulu akho, imisebenzi yeminwe yakho, inyanga neenkwenkwezi ozilungiseleleyo, uyintoni na umntu ofayo le nto umkhumbulayo, nonyana womntu wasemhlabeni le nto umnyamekelayo?”—INdumiso 8:3, 4.

With reference to Jehovah, he sang: “When I see your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have prepared, what is mortal man that you keep him in mind, and the son of earthling man that you take care of him?”
Evuma ingoma ngoYehova wathi: “Xa ndibona amazulu akho, imisebenzi yeminwe yakho, inyanga neenkwenkwezi ozilungiseleleyo, uyintoni na umntu ofayo le nto umkhumbulayo, nonyana womntu wasemhlabeni le nto umnyamekelayo?”

Many, alas, very many, liked Brother Russell on account of his personality, disposition, etc.; and very, very few lifted up their finger against him.
Baninzi, kwowu, baninzi gqitha abebemthanda uMzalwan’ uRussell ngenxa yobuntu, isimo sakhe, njl.; ibe bambalwa, bambalwa gqitha abebemchasa.

They were brought down from a mountaintop, written on stone by the finger of God.
Eziswa evela encotsheni yentaba, ebhalwe elityeni ngomnwe kaThixo.

“Nuclear proliferation experts still believe that the real threat comes from the growing number of countries whose leaders would like to have their finger on the nuclear trigger.”—Asiaweek
“Iingcali ezililiso ekuvelisweni kwezixhobo zenyukliya zisacinga ukuba eyona nto ibangela esi sisongelo ngamazwe amaninzi anabalawuli abasakufun’ emanzini ukuba nezixhobo zenyukliya”—IAsiaweek.

Many farmers harvest the nuts by using a specially designed machine with a drum and short plastic fingers that collect fallen nuts.
Amafama amaninzi avuna amandongomane esebenzisa umatshini okhethekileyo onomgqomo neplastiki yokuqokelela amandongomane awileyo.

On a dark but clear night, gaze into the heavens and see if you do not feel as did the psalmist: “When I see your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have prepared, what is mortal man that you keep him in mind, and the son of earthling man that you take care of him?”
Ngobusuku obumnyama kodwa obuzolileyo, khangela emazulwini uze ubone ukuba akuvakalelwa ngendlela efanayo na nomdumisi owathi: “Xa ndilikhangelayo izulu lakho, umsebenzi weminwe yakho, inyanga neenkwenkwezi ozimisileyo: uyintoni na umntu lo, le nto umkhumbulelayo?”

Members of the Minor Party viewed the holy spirit as God’s active force, his “finger.”
Amalungu eMinor Party ayewugqala umoya oyingcwele njengamandla kaThixo asebenzayo, “umnwe” wakhe.

Bill Richardson, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, put his finger on the main stumbling block to achieving peace in the Middle East, saying simply: “There is a lack of confidence.”
UBill Richardson, ongunozakuzaku welaseUnited States kwiZizwe Ezimanyeneyo, walatha kweyona nto iyinqontsonqa ekudaleni uxolo kweloMbindi Mpuma, esithi: “Akusekho mntu uthemb’ omnye kulaa mmandla.”

The grip on the oar should be firm but light, with the fingers over the oar, the thumb underneath, and the inner wrist slightly arched.
Uqhinishelo kanye ubopho kwigophe elisekupheleni elenziwe ngomthi maliqine kodwa libe buyeke-yeke emthini okanye izembe elo lenziwe ngomthi, ubhontsi ngaphantsi, kwanomphakathi wesihlahla mawubebugoba kwaye ugobele ngaphakathi.

Rather than letting go or relaxing his grip, the child will tighten his little hand around his parent’s fingers.
Kunokuba asiyeke okanye angasiqinisi eso sandla, umntwana uya kusiqinisa eso sandla sakhe sincinane eminweni yomzali wakhe.

A Philistine man of the Rephaim was of “extraordinary size,” and his “fingers and toes were in sixes.”
Indoda engumFilisti yakwaRefa ‘yayinkulu ngokungaqhelekanga,’ yaye ‘iminwe yayo neenzwane zayo zazingantandathu.’

When this is not possible, they let their fingers do the work, calling people on the telephone.
Xa oku kungenakwenzeka, basebenzisa iminwe, bethetha nabantu emnxebeni.

One soldier jabbed his fingers into my neck and twisted my ears while another held me down so that yet another could slap and kick me.
Elinye ijoni landithi xhorho ngeminwe yalo entanyeni laza landijija iindlebe ngoxa elinye lalindithobisile ukuze elinye lindiqhwabe lize lindikhabe.

And women can be taught to find breast cancers smaller than a centimeter [1/3 in.] in size just using their fingers.”
Yaye amabhinqa anokufundiswa indlela yokufumanisa umhlaza wamabele omncinane kunesentimitha [isi-1/3 seintshi] esebenzisa nje kuphela iminwe.”

Not all fingers have a visible lunule.
Le ndawo ayibonakali kwiinzipho zonke.

4 The Scriptures figuratively refer to holy spirit as God’s “finger.”
4 IZibhalo ngokufuziselayo zibhekisela kumoya oyingcwele ‘njengomnwe’ kaThixo.