hyena oor Xhosa

hyena

/haɪˈiːnə/ naamwoord

Large, canine‐resembling carnivore belonging to the family Hyaenidae , native to Africa and Asia, often notable for the sound similar to laughter which it can make if excited.

Hyena

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The route is lined with predatory animals, such as lions, cheetahs, hyenas, and leopards.
Kule ndlela kukho amarhamncwa, anjengeengonyama, amahlosi, kunye namaxhwili.

“Reports of baboons and hyenas attacking communities in drought-stricken Somalia are becoming common,” states the Nairobi newspaper The East African.
Iphephandaba laseNairobi iThe East African lithi: “Kuthiwa ziya zixhaphaka iimfene neengcuka ezihlasel’ abantu kwimimandla yaseSomalia enembalela.”

However, hyenas do not always hunt for food.
Noko ke, amaxhwili akasoloko ezingela xa efuna ukutya.

Manson Valentine discovered fossil beds containing massive deposits of splintered bones of many of the same animals as well as of hyenas and polar bears.
Manson Valentine osisazinzulu ngezidalwa zamandulo wafumana amathambo ezilwanyana ezininzi ezifanayo, kuquka iingcuka neebhere ezimhlophe.

(Jeremiah 5:6; Hosea 13:7; Habakkuk 1:8) To protect his bounty from scavengers, such as hyenas and jackals, he stores his larger kills in the fork of a tree some 30 or 40 feet [9 or 12 m] above the ground.
(Yeremiya 5:6; Hoseya 13:7; Habhakuki 1:8) Ukukhusela ixhoba lalo kwezinye izilwanyana ezitya inyama yento efileyo, ezinjengeengcuka noodyakalashe, ligcina ixhoba lalo elikhulu exhantini lomthi malunga neemitha ezisi-9 okanye ezili-12 phezu komhlaba.

Spotted hyena
Ingcuka enamabala

Lions, wild dogs, hyenas, leopards, and crocodiles all consider the 550-pound [250 kg] animal fair game.
Iingonyama, izinja zasendle, amaxhwili, amahlosi neengwenya zikugqala njengokudla cofileyo ukufumana esi silwanyana sibunzima buziikhilogram zingama-250.

From Hyenas to Hippos
Kwafunyanwa Izilwanyana Ezahlukahlukeneyo

These include lions, leopards, spotted hyenas, civet cats, elephants, bongos, dwarf forest buffalo, warthogs, waterbuck, duikers, genets, hartebeests, mongooses, baboons, various monkeys, roan antelope, porcupines, crocodiles, and snakes, including pythons.
Ezi ziquka iingonyama, amahlosi, iingcuka ezinemibala, iingada, iindlovu, iimbabala ezineempondo ezivulekileyo, inyathi encinane yehlathi, iingulube, iimbabala, iimpunzi, iigenets, amaxhama, iimongoose, iimfene, iintlobontlobo zeenkawu, iintlobo ezahlukahlukeneyo zamaxhama, iincanda, iingwenya neenyoka kuquka neenamba.

Predators including cheetahs, hyenas, jackals, and black-maned lions are also roaming about.
Zikho nezinye izilwanyana ezidla inyama njengeecheetah, iihyena, neengonyama ezinesingci esimnyama.

On some nights, the quiet is disturbed only by the laughter of hyenas.
Ebusuku, ekuphela kwengxolo oyivayo kukugigitheka kweengcuka.

Once the kill is made, other hyenas will be invited to the feast by the hyenas’ infamous “laugh.”
Emva kokulibulala, amema amanye amaxhwili ukuba eze kwesi sidlo sikhulu “ngokugigitheka” kwawo okungathandekiyo.

The hyena’s infamous “laugh”
“Ukugigitheka” kwexhwili okungathandekiyo

Hyena laughed, and Monkey chattered.
UNgcuka wagigitheka, waza uNkawu wenza engathethekiyo ingxokozelo.

Hunters displayed their skill in slaying exotic animals brought from every corner of the empire, with no expense spared —leopards, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, giraffes, hyenas, camels, wolves, boars, and antelope.
Abazingeli babebonakalisa ubugcisa babo ekubulaleni izilwanyana ezivela kwamanye amazwe, kungakhathaliseki ukuba zixabiseke kangakanani na—amahlosi, imikhombe, iimvubu, iindlulamthi, iimpungutye, iinkamela, iingcuka, iinkunzi zehagu neenyamakazi.

A pack of spotted hyenas will grunt, snort, and giggle while running after prey.
Iqela lamaxhwili amibalabala ayabhavuma, agragrame aze agigitheke ngoxa eleqa ixhoba.

The entire perimeter is fenced with sharp, thorny branches that protect both the Masai and their cattle from marauding hyenas, leopards, and lions.
Umzi uphela ujikelezwa ngamahlahla anameva abukhali ukukhusela amaMasai neenkomo zawo kwiingcuka, amahlosi neengonyama eziqwengayo.

Some crossed inhospitable and dangerous regions inhabited by hyenas, lions, and elephants.
Bambi bawela imimandla engakhuselekanga neyingozi eyayineengcuka, iingonyama neendlovu.

Leopards, cheetahs, wild dogs, and hyenas all take advantage of any animals that fall behind or drift away from the main herd.
Amahlosi, iingwenkala, izinja zasendle neengcuka ziyazenzela kuzo naziphi na izilwanyana ezisele ngasemva okanye ezilahlekene nomhlambi.

If the howl of a hyena panicked the flock of sheep in the dark of night, the shepherd’s calm reassuring voice would still them.
Ukuba kuye kwakhala ingcuka ebusuku umhlambi wawuphakuzela kodwa ilizwi lomalusi laliwenza uzole.