hippopotamus oor Xhosa

hippopotamus

/ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/, /ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs/ naamwoord

A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) that spends most of the day living in water, but comes on to land at night to feed. Of all living land animals, only the rhinoceros and elephant are larger.

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We understand these to be the hippopotamus (Behemoth), prodigious in size and strong in body, and the formidable Nile crocodile (Leviathan).
Siyaqonda ukuba uthetha ngemvubu (iBhehemote), enomzimba omkhulu nowomeleleyo, kwanengwenya eyoyikekayo yomNayile (iLeviyatan).

What power Behemoth (the hippopotamus) and Leviathan (the crocodile) have!
Hayi indlela enamandla amakhulu ngayo iBhehemote (imvubu) neLeviyatan (ingwenya)!

(Leviticus 23:40) The Bible book of Job describes the fearless hippopotamus as dwelling in streams and says that “the willows [or poplars, according to other translations] by the stream shelter him.” —Job 40:22, The Jerusalem Bible.
Incwadi kaYobhi isixelela ngemvubu ehlala kwimisinga yaye ithi “imingcunube yasentlanjeni iyayingqonga.”—Yobhi 40:22.

These likely included the lion, the hippopotamus, the wolf, and the wild boar.
Kunokwenzeka ukuba ezi zaziquka ingonyama, imvubu, ingcuka nenkunzi yengulube.

15 Jehovah next mentioned Behemoth, generally considered to be the hippopotamus.
15 Ngokulandelayo uYehova wathetha ngeBehemote, ngokuqhelekileyo ekucingwa ukuba yimvubu.

The grazers have just beheld a vicious aquatic animal —the hippopotamus.
Kuthe kanti esi siqobo sikweli chibi sisilo esikhohlakeleyo samanzi—imvubu.

Because of its aquatic habits, the hippopotamus gets cleaned by both feathered and finned “friends.”
Kuba ichitha ixesha elininzi isemanzini, imvubu icocwa “ngabahlobo” bayo, abaziintaka neentlanzi.

Some perhaps even lived in water, much like the present- day hippopotamus.
Kunokwenzeka ukuba zimbi zazikwahlala nasemanzini, ngokufana nqwa neemvubu ezikhoyo namhlanje.

WEIGHING up to four tons, the hippopotamus is the second largest living land mammal.
INOBUNZIMA obufikelela kwiitoni ezine, imvubu isisilwanyana esanyisayo sesibini ngobukhulu esiphila emhlabeni.

The Boerewors Man was shouting to a big hippopotamus, “Quick!
Indodana yeSoseji yayikhwaza ithetha nemvubu, “Khawuleza!

Again turning his attention to animal creation, God asked Job about Behemoth, generally identified as the hippopotamus.
Kwakhona uThixo uphethulela ingqalelo yakhe kwizilwanyana, ubuza uYobhi ngeBhehemote, eyaziwa ngokuba yimvubu.

To show why man should be in awe of the Creator, Jehovah once spoke to Job about such animals as the lion, the zebra, the wild bull, Behemoth (or, hippopotamus), and Leviathan (evidently the crocodile).
Ukubonisa isizathu sokuba abantu befanele bamoyike uMdali, uYehova wathetha kuYobhi ngezilwanyana ezinjengengonyama, iqwarhashe, inkunzi yenkomo yasendle, iBhehemote (okanye, imvubu) neLeviyatan (ekubonakala ukuba yingwenya).

“It can swim faster than many fish despite its ungainly body and can often be seen in clear water swimming swiftly just under the surface,” says Bradley Smith in his book The Life of the Hippopotamus.
UBradley Smith kwincwadi yakhe ethi The Life of the Hippopotamus uthi, “Inokuqubha ngokukhawuleza ngaphezu kweentlanzi ezininzi phezu kwawo nje umzimba wayo onzima yaye ngokufuthi inokubonwa kumanzi acwengileyo iqubha ngesantya kanye ngaphantsi nje kwamanzi.”

The word “Behemoth” mentioned in the Bible book of Job is generally considered to refer to the hippopotamus.
Igama elithi “Bhehemote” elisetyenziswe kwincwadi yeBhayibhile kaYobhi, ngokuqhelekileyo ligqalwa njengelibhekisela kwimvubu.

“Many species of large African animal are incompatible with most forms of rural development, for example elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, buffalo, lion and crocodile, as well as some of the larger antelopes, primates and pigs,” explains the book Conservation in Africa.
Incwadi ethi Conservation in Africa icacisa ithi: “Izilwanyana ezininzi ezikhulu zaseAfrika azivisisani neendlela ezininzi zokuphucula iindawo zasemaphandleni, ngokomzekelo indlovu, imvubu, umkhombe, inyathi, ingonyama nengwenya, kwaneenyamakazi ezithile ezinkulu, nezilwanyana ezifana neenkawu neehagu.”

Hippopotamus to the Rescue!
Ukuhlangulwa Yimvubu!

A favorite instrument by which they made known their disapproval was the cikoti, a long whip made of cured hippopotamus hide.
Isixhobo ababesithanda ababesithi ngaso bazise ukungamkeli kwabo into ethile sasiyicikoti, isabhokhwe eside esenziwe ngofele lwemvubu olusukiweyo.

Among these is Behemoth, or the hippopotamus.
Phakathi kwazo kukho iBhehemote, okanye imvubu.

Traveling between congregations in this area involved lengthy boat journeys in old, leaky canoes on a river where an angry hippopotamus can snap a canoe like a dry twig.
Xa utyelela amabandla akulo mmandla wawuhamba umgama omde ngamaphenyane amadala nangena amanzi kumlambo oneemvubu ezikhohlakeleyo ezazinokulidlakaza ngokulula iphenyane.

Behemoth is generally identified as the hippopotamus
IBhehemote yaziwa ngokuba yimvubu

As the impala neared land, however, the men saw a nearby hippopotamus swimming toward the impala.
Noko ke, njengokuba le impala yayisondela elunxwemeni, la madoda abona imvubu eyayikufutshane iqubha isiya ngakwi-impala.