ginger oor Xhosa

ginger

/ˈʤɪn.ʤɚ/, /ˈdʒɪndʒə/ adjektief, werkwoord, naamwoord

Any plant of a genus (Zingiber, especially Zingiber officinale) of tropical Asiatic and Polynesian herbs of a family (Zingiberaceae, the ginger family) with pungent aromatic rhizomes used as a condiment and as a stimulant and acarminative.

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Perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems.

Then, my teacher told me to drink lots of ginger ale because the fizz would help me burp.
Emva koko, umfundisi wam wandixelela ukuba ndisele ijinja eninzi kuba ukuhlwahlwaza kwejinja kwakuya kundinceda ndibhodle.

Ginger

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A female given name.

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“Now that I am the head of this house, you are not going to embarrass me by being late,” shouted John at his new bride, Ginger.
“Uyabona, indim nje ngoku intloko kweli khaya, andibe ndiphinde ndihlazeke ngenxa yokufika kwakho emva kwexesha,” wadanduluka watsho uJohn engxolisa umfazi wakhe awayesandul’ ukutshata naye, uGinger.

But upon hearing, “Ginger, Ginger,” softly whispered some time later, I opened my eyes and saw a gentleman whom I had never seen before.
Kodwa emva kwethuba, ndeva mntu uthile esebeza esithi, “Ginger, Ginger,” ndavula amehlo ndaza ndabona inene endingazange ndilibone ngaphambili.

The sailors’ families lived aboard ship, where “they [cultivated] green stuffs, vegetables and ginger in wooden tanks,” said Ibn Battuta.
UIbn Battuta wathi, iintsapho zoomatiloshe zazihlala ezinqanaweni apho “zazilima imifuno nejinja kumatanki eplanga.”

He had learned my nickname Ginger—by which I had been known all my life—from Witnesses in New York.
Wayelivile igama elithi Ginger—gama elo endandisaziwa ngalo—ngamaNgqina aseNew York.

Thoko went to the cupboard and came back with a packet of ginger biscuits.
UThoko waya ekhabhathini waze wabuya nepakethi yeebhiskiti ezenziwe ngejinja.

In the cities and towns, markets sell fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, and such spices as lemon grass, coriander, garlic, ginger, galangal, cardamom, tamarind, and cumin.
Kwizixeko nakwiidolophu zelo, iimarike zithengisa iziqhamo ezisandul’ ukukhiwa, imifuno, intlanzi nezinongo ezifana nelemon grass, icoriander, ikonofile, ijinja, igalangal, icardamom, itamarind, nekumin.

Ginger is now separated from John.
Sithetha nje uGinger wahlukene noJohn.

It gives me delight to envision doing all the things that God created us to enjoy in that Paradise on earth.—As told by Ginger Klauss.
Kuyandivuyisa ukuba nombono wazo zonke izinto ezadalwa nguThixo ukuba sizinandiphe kulo mhlaba uyiParadesi.—Ngokubaliswa nguGinger Klauss.

Then, my teacher told me to drink lots of ginger ale because the fizz would help me burp.
Emva koko, umfundisi wam wandixelela ukuba ndisele ijinja eninzi kuba ukuhlwahlwaza kwejinja kwakuya kundinceda ndibhodle.