monkey oor Xhosa

monkey

/ˈmʌŋki/ werkwoord, naamwoord

(rare, pejorative, slang) A dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or primarily of, Negro descent. See also nigger and/or jigaboo.

Monkey

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The ninth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

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WHEN you think of monkeys, you probably think of the Tropics.
XA UCINGA ngeenkawu, mhlawumbi ucinga ngommandla weleeNjiko.

This knot is used as an alternative to the monkey's fist, and is quickly and easily made.
Eli qhina lisetyenziswa njengotshintsho kwinqindi lenkawu kwaye lenzeka ngokukhawuleza.

Monkey combed and picked.
UNkawu waqhubeka nokuphendla echoba.

Here you can find the majestic, long-lived baobab tree, with its curious fruit called monkey bread, from which cream of tartar is made.
Apha unokufumana umthi omkhulu gqitha webaobab ohlala ixesha elide, onesiqhamo esingaqhelekanga esibizwa ngokuba sisonka senkawu, ekwenziwa ngaso umgubo wocwambu lwethathariki.

Amid the cacophony of monkeys and birds, you hear the sound of drums that bear messages from distant villages.
Phakathi kwaloo ntsholo yezandi zeenkawu nokuntyiloza kweentaka, kukwakho nesandi sokubethwa kwamagubu nakwayindlela abanxibelelana ngayo abantu kwiilali zalapho.

Moreover, according to National Geographic Today, harpy-eagle talons are so strong that they can crush “the bones of the sloths, monkeys, and other prey the eagle snatches from the rain forest canopy, often killing its victims instantly.”
Ngapha koko, ngokutsho kweNational Geographic Today, iinzipho zezi nkozi ziqine kangangokuba zinokwaphula “amathambo eesloth, eenkawu nezinye izilwanyana ezizingelwa zezi nkozi kula mahlathi, yaye zidla ngokuzibulala ngokukhawuleza ezo zilwanyana.”

Whether eating or resting, proboscis monkeys are rarely alone
Enoba iyatya okanye iphumle, iproboscis ayifane ibe yodwa

The American Anti-Vivisection Society wrote that he “is the infamous vivisector from Cleveland who has transplanted the heads of monkeys and has kept monkey brains alive in fluid, outside the body.”
UMbutho Ochasene Nokutyandwa Kwezilwanyana Eziphilayo eMerika wabhala ukuba yena “ungumtyandi wezilwanyana eziphilayo waseCleveland ongathandwayo nofakele iintloko zeenkawu yaye ugcine ubuchopho beenkawu buphila bukulwelo, ebususile emzimbeni.”

Monkey's fist.
Inqindi lenkawu.

Monkey got such a fright that he fell over backwards.
UNkawu woyika kakhulu kangangokuba waya kuwa ngomqolo, wagqoloda.

the monkey cried.
yakhala inkawu.

“I think we should look for somewhere else to live,” said Monkey.
“Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka sikhangele enye indawo esinokuhlala kuyo,” kwatsho uNkawu.

The Mystery of the Monkeys on the Rock
Ukungaziwa Kwemvelaphi Yeenkawu EziseLiweni

One day Grandpa wanted to teach us a lesson about trust and gratitude, so he told us a story about the lion and the monkey...
Ngenye imini uTatomkhulu wayefuna ukusifundisa isifundo sokuthembeka nokuba nombulelo, ngoko ke wasibalisela ibali lengonyama nenkawu...

Monkey on pages 7 and 32: Photo by Bill Konstant
Photo by Bill Konstant

“A local example,” says Brazilian ecologist Rogério Gribel, “is the sauim-de-coleira (pied bare-faced tamarin, in English),” a small, charming monkey that looks as if it were wearing a white T-shirt.
Isazi ngendalo saseBrazil uRogério Gribel uthi: “Umzekelo walapha yisauim-de-coleira (inkawana enobuso obunemibalabala nobungenaboya, ngesiNgesi),” inkawana ethandekayo onokucinga ukuba inxibe isikipa esimhlophe. UGqr.

So the monkey did this.
Ngokwenene ke, inkawu yenza njalo.

“More recently, the emergence in humans of a virus that probably once resided only in African monkeys caught the world off guard again.
Kutshanje, ukuvela kwentsholongwane ebantwini esenokuba ngaphambili yayifumaneka kuphela kwiinkawu zaseAfrika kuliqubule lingalindelanga ihlabathi.

that their program to discover an oral vaccine for polio involved using monkey kidneys.
ukuba ucwangciso lwabo lokufumana iyeza eliselwayo lokuthintela ipoliyo lwabandakanya ukusetyenziswa kwezintso zenkawu.

“We already know that,” said Baboon and Monkey rolling their eyes.
“Kowu uthetha into esiyaziyo,” kwatsho uMfene noNkawu ngaxeshanye, begungquzisa amehlo abo.

But the little monkey is stubborn, he won’t fall off the tree, he’ll climb right to the top, this little monkey.”
Kodwa unkawana unamandla, akanakothuleka emthini, uya kunyuka aye kufika ekugqibeleni, unkawana lo.”

Bands of monkeys are said to position themselves at “strategic road intersections or on bridges” to raid trucks ferrying provisions to local markets.
Kuthiwa umhlambi weenkawu ulinda “ezimbombeni zeendlela okanye ezibhulorhweni” ukuze uxhwile ukutya okusiwa ezimarikeni.

the monkey asked the lion.
inkawu yabuza ingonyama.

Monkey
Inkawu

Legend has it that the monkeys crossed the narrow straits dividing Europe from Africa by means of a long-lost underground tunnel.
Ukanti kukwakho nenkolelo yokuba ezi nkawu zanqumla imijelo emxinwa eyahlula iYurophu zisuka eAfrika zihamba ngetonela engasekhoyo engaphantsi komhlaba.