leg oor Xhosa

leg

/lɛɡ/, /lɛg/, /leɪg/ werkwoord, naamwoord

The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

Umlenze

weight bearing and locomotive anatomical structure, usually having a columnar shape, function as "extensible struts"

The centre webbing leg of this is common to both.
Umlenze ophakathi webhanti eliqinileyo wento uqhelekile kuzo zombini.

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I asked her to adjust the position of my legs, as they were mangled.
Ndalicela ukuba lilungise imilenze yam, njengokuba yayixwesile.

Imagine how you would feel if you entered a footrace and found that you were the only one required to compete in leg irons.
Cinga indlela ubuya kuvakalelwa ngayo xa ungenelela ugqatso kodwa ufumanise ukuba nguwe wedwa oza kubaleka ukhonkxwe imilenze.

The bones of its legs are as strong as “tubes of copper.”
Amathambo emilenze yaso aqine “njengemibholompo yobhedu.”

“Please, Dad,” he said, hopping from one leg to the other.
“Nceda, Tata,” watsho, etsiba ngomlenze omnye aze abuye atsibe ngomnye.

His arms and legs are deformed and bent, as though he had suffered from rickets.
Iingalo nemilenze yayo inesiphene yaye igobile, ngokungathi yakhe yahlaselwa sisifo sokungomeleli kwamathambo.

Take off from the chart on to the rule, a distance of 5 nm, and fit it, by means of the ruler between the legs of the 1st and 2nd position lines from the beacon, but parallel to your planned course line.
Kupha ngaphandle ukusuka etshatini use kwisikrweleli umgama oyi 5nm uwufake ngoncedo lwesikrweleli kwemilenze yendawo yokuqala neyesibini emgceni ukusuka kwisibane esisilumkiso sengozi enqanaweni kodwa efana ncam nesikhanyiso somgca

When the cast was removed, the sight of the leg caused one nurse to faint.
Xa kwasuswa isamente, omnye umongikazi waf’ isiqaqa akuwubona lo mlenze.

Now marry the three legs of the becket to the re-laid strands of the large rope.
Ngoku dibanisa imilenze emithathu yerhintyela kwimisonto ephindwe yabekwa yentambo enkulu.

While the wording of Genesis 3:14 might lead some to think so, we need not necessarily conclude that prior to this curse, serpents had legs.
Nakuba amazwi akwiGenesis 3:14 enokwenza abanye bacinge ukuba sasinayo, akukho sizathu sakugqiba ekubeni iinyoka zazinemilenze ngaphambi kwesi siqalekiso.

First of all, my artificial leg needed some repairs.
Okokuqala, umlenze wam nawo ongengowamvelo wawufuna ukulungiswa.

The lamb might approach the shepherd and even nudge his leg.
Lalinokusondela kumalusi, lide lizikhuhle emlenzeni wakhe.

□ If the child is able to walk, movement is stiff, with the legs wide apart.
□ Ukuba umntwana uyakwazi ukuhamba, imilenze iyaqina.

The length of each leg should not be less than five or six times the combined circumferences of the rope and line.
Umgama womlenze ngamnye akufunekanga ubemncinci kwimiphindo emihlanu okanye emithandathu yezazinge ezidityanisiweyo zentambo yasekhohlo.

Similarly, evolutionist Stephen Jay Gould wrote: “We are here because one odd group of fishes had a peculiar fin anatomy that could transform into legs for terrestrial creatures; . . . because a small and tenuous species, arising in Africa a quarter of a million years ago, has managed, so far, to survive by hook and by crook.
Ngokufanayo, isazi ngendaleko uStephen Jay Gould sabhala: “Silapha ngenxa yokuba elinye iqela leentlanzi elalahlukile kwamanye amaqela lalinamaphiko angaqhelekanga awayenokuguquka abe yimilenze yezidalwa eziphila emhlabeni; . . . ngenxa yokuba uhlobo oluthile lwezilwanyana oluncinane nolungomelelanga, olwavela eAfrika kwiminyaka eyikota yesigidi eyadlulayo, ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, luye lwakwazi ukuphila ngamabona-ndenzile.

According to Daniel chapter 2, the dream involved an immense image with a head of gold, breasts and arms of silver, belly and thighs of copper, legs of iron, and feet of iron mixed with clay.
Ngokutsho kukaDaniyeli isahluko sesi-2, iphupha laliquka umfanekiso omkhulu kakhulu owawunentloko yegolide, isifuba neengalo zesilivere, isisu namathanga obhedu, imilenze yentsimbi neenyawo zentsimbi exutywe nodongwe.

Thankfully, local custom allowed them to extend their legs and feet and modestly cover them with a mat.
Okuvuyisayo kukuba, esi sithethe sasikuvumela ukuba unabe uze ugqume imilenze kwangolo khuko.

Their legs begin to ache, and they become weary.
Imilenze yabo iqalisa ukuba buhlungu baze badinwe.

Similar to a cargo hook, but has a spring tongue to prevent the legs of a sling from slipping off.
Iphantse ifane nesihakisho, kodwa inolwimi ukukhusela imilenze yesilingi ekutyibilikeni.

During the first world war, when he was a boy of seven, Glenn Cunningham suffered life-threatening burns to his legs.
Ebudeni bemfazwe yehlabathi yokuqala, xa wayeyinkwenkwana eneminyaka esixhenxe, uGlenn Cunningham watsha kakubi emilenzeni.

Bones suspected of causing infection were removed, and four rods were put in my leg.
Amathambo ekwakubonakala ukuba ayeza kubangela isifo asuswa, yaye kwafakelwa iintsimbi ezine emlenzeni wam.

I had to stand on one leg with my back to a wall, as there was no room to put my other foot on the floor.
Kwakufuneka ndime ngomlenze omnye ndingqiyame ngodonga, ekubeni kwakungekho nendawo yokubeka umlenze wesibini.

The threat of losing my leg is constant now, and for the past five years, I’ve been completely confined to a wheelchair.
Isisongelo sokuphulukana nomlenze wam sisaqhubeka nangoku, yaye kwiminyaka emihlanu edluleyo kuye kwanyanzeleka ukuba ndisoloko ndihleli kwisitulo esinamavili sabaguli.

“I don’t plan to marry,” laments an Angolan man whose leg had to be amputated after he was injured in a land-mine explosion.
Enye indoda yaseAngola eyathi yanqunyulwa umlenze emva kokwenzakaliswa sisigcayiseli yakhala isithi: “Andicingi nto ngokutshata.

His wings shrunk and his legs grew short.
Iimpiko zakhe zashwabana nemilenze yakhe yamifutshane.

Shyly, the frog showed the little girl her long, thick back leg, which had been tucked underneath her as usual.
Ngeentloni, isele labonisa intombazanana umlenze walo omde omkhulu, obuqhushekwe ngokwesiqhelo.