mosquito oor Xhosa

mosquito

/məˈski.toʊ/, /mɒsˈkiː.təʊ/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin. However, only the female of the species bites animals and humans. They are known to carry diseases like malaria and yellow fever.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

ingcongconi

c9;c10

small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood

Rather, mosquitoes draw blood in through one passage while delivering saliva through another.
Kunoko, xa ingcongconi ifunxa igazi isebenzisa umngxuma owahlukileyo kulowo iwusebenzisayo xa ikhupha amathe.

Mosquito

naamwoord, eienaam

The De Havilland Mosquito, a second world war military aircraft.

voorbeelde

Into the bedroom wafts a mosquito, her wings beating between 200 and 500 times per second.
Kungena ingcongconi egumbini lokulala, amaphiko ayo ephaphazela izihlandlo eziphakathi kwama-200 nama-500 ngomzuzwana.

By using genetic engineering, they hope to prevent the dengue virus from replicating in mosquito saliva.
Ngokusebenzisa imizila yemfuza ebangela iintsholongwane, banethemba lokuthintela intsholongwane idengue ekubeni iphinde ingene kumathe engcongconi.

The settlement of mosquito-infested rain-forest areas has stirred an outbreak of malaria in Brazil.
Abantu abahlala kwimimandla eneengcongconi ezininzi enamahlathi emvula ngabo ababangele ukwanda kwesifo seengcongconi eBrazil.

• Stay in accommodations where you can close the windows and keep the mosquitoes out
• Hlala kwiindawo apho unokuvala iifestile uze uzigcine zingaphandle iingcongconi

West Nile virus, transmitted to man primarily by mosquitoes, was first isolated in 1937 in Uganda and later observed in the Middle East, Asia, Oceania, and Europe.
I-West Nile virus, esasazwa ziingcongconi yaqala ukubonwa ngowe-1937 eUganda yaye kamva yabonwa kuMbindi-mpuma, eAsia, eOceania naseYurophu.

The female mosquito lays eggs in water.
Ingcongconi eyimazi ibeka amaqanda emanzini.

Complicating the problem is mosquito resistance to insecticides.
Eyona nto iyenza ibe mandundu le ngxaki kukuxhathisa kweengcongconi izibulali-zinambuzane.

Many people view a mangrove swamp simply as a muddy, malodorous, and mosquito-ridden place that is better avoided.
Abantu abaninzi imigxobhozo ekhula kuyo le mithi bayijonga njengesigqubu seengcongconi ekumele kucezelwe kude kuso.

That night, in the home of a Bible student, we eat as we huddle around a fire, with the smoke keeping hordes of mosquitoes at bay.
Ngobo busuku, sahlala kumzi weso sifundo seBhayibhile, satya sothe umlilo owawunomsi obalekisa iingcongconi.

After one infection, if a victim is bitten by a mosquito carrying another type, the result can be DHF.
Emva kokwasulelwa kanye, ukuba ixhoba lilunywe yingcongconi enolunye uhlobo, kusenokubangela iDHF.

We took candles to the meetings on account of the frequent blackouts; during the rainy season, we had to endure hordes of mosquitoes.
Sasiphatha amakhandlela xa sisiya kwiintlanganiso ngenxa yokuba umbane wawuthanda ukumka; ngexesha leemvula kwakufuneka sinyamezele inyambalala yeengcongconi.

Whenever possible, avoid areas of brush, where mosquitoes swarm, and standing water, where they breed.
Xa ikhona indlela, hambela kude kwindawo ezifukufuku, apho kugcwele iingcongconi, neendawo ezidame amanzi, apho zizalela khona.

After the last neighbor had left, the interested man fixed a mosquito net in one corner of the open-air platform of his home, which had been built on stilts about five feet [1.5 m] above the ground.
Emva kokuba ummelwane wokugqibela ehambile, le ndoda inomdla yafaka umnatha wokuzikhusela kwiingcongconi kwenye ikona yeqonga elingaphandle lomzi wayo, elalakhelwe phezu kweziqobo zemithi ezimalunga nemitha enesiqingatha ukusuka phantsi.

We carried with us a wooden case that contained a kerosene burner, a pan, plates, a wash basin, sheets, a mosquito net, clothing, old newspapers, and some other items.
Sasiphatha ibhokisi eyenziwe ngamaplanga esasifaka kuyo isitovu separafini, ipani, iipleyiti, ivaskom, amashiti, inethi yokuzikhusela kwiingcongconi, iimpahla, amaphephandaba amadala nezinye izinto.

“Mosquito-borne disorders are projected to become increasingly prevalent,” since mosquitoes “proliferate faster and bite more as the air becomes warmer. . . .
“Kucingelwa ukuba isifo seengcongconi siza kuxhaphaka gqitha,” ekubeni iingcongconi “zisanda ngokukhawuleza yaye ziluma ngakumbi xa umoya ushushu. . . .

Some of our tent visitors, besides flies and mosquitoes, were harvest ants.
Ezinye iindwendwe ezazityelela ententeni yethu, ngaphandle kweempukane neengcongconi, yayiziimbovane.

At last, on August 16, 1897, Ross discovered, in the stomach walls of the anopheles mosquito, spherical organisms that had grown in size overnight.
Ekugqibeleni, ngoAgasti 16, 1897, lo kaRoss wafumana, emacaleni esisu sengcongconi ethwala isifo seengcongconi (anopheles mosquito), izinto ezingqukuva ezazikhule nje esithubeni.

As he worked, clouds of mosquitoes and gnats swarmed around him, determined, according to Ross, to avenge themselves “for the death of their friends.”
Njengokuba wayesebenza, iingcongconi neembuzane zazibhubhuzela phezu kwakhe, ngokutsho kwalo kaRoss, zizimisele ukuphindezelela “ukufa koogxa bazo.”

I was happy when my brother George joined me, for then we were able to purchase a fairly large panel van, big enough to be outfitted with beds, a kitchen, a storage area, and mosquito-proof windows.
Ndavuya xa umninawa wam uGeorge wayeza kusebenza nam, kuba ngoko sakwazi ukuthenga imoto eyikharavan, eyayinkulu ngokwaneleyo ukuba ingangena ibhedi, ikhitshi, indawo yokugcina impahla neyayineefestile ekwakungenakungena iingcongconi kuzo.

Insecticide-impregnated mosquito nets are cheaper than medicine and hospital bills
Iinethi ezinamayeza okubulala izinambuzane zibiza imali encinane kunamayeza kagqirha netyala lasesibhedlele

Mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasites have become resistant to pesticides, and the parasites themselves have become so resistant to drugs that doctors fear that some strains of malaria may soon be incurable.
Izibulali-zinambuzane zitsho zincame kwiingcongconi ezinezifunxi-gazi ezithwele isifo seengcongconi, nezifunxi-gazi azibulawa ngamayeza kangangokuba oogqirha banoloyiko lokuba isifo seengcongconi kungekudala sisenokunganyangeki.

In the Tropics, that results in the multiplication of mosquitoes that are carriers of killer diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, and dengue.
KweLeenjiko oko kuphumela ekwandeni ngokuphindaphindiweyo kweengcongconi ezithwele izifo ezibulalayo ezinjengesifo seengcongconi, ulubhelwana nedengue.

Moreover, the CDC says that the virus is not transmitted by mosquitoes or any other insect.
Ngaphezu koko, iCDC ithi iingcongconi okanye ezinye izinambuzane azingeni ndawo ekudluliselweni kwale ntsholongwane.

Protect yourself against mosquito bites.
Zikhusele ungatyiwa ziingcongconi.

Canned food, biscuits, and a mosquito net completed our simple provisions.
Ekuphela kwezinto esasinazo kukutya okusezitotini, iibhiskithi nenethi yokuzikhusela kwiingcongconi.