spoon oor Xhosa

spoon

/spuns/, /spun/, /spuːn/ werkwoord, naamwoord

An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

icephe

naamwoord c5;c6

scooped utensil for eating (or serving)

Can you imagine what it is like to eat with a fork or a spoon held with your toes?
Unokuyicinga ke nawe ukuba injani into yokutya ngefolokhwe okanye icephe usebenzisa iinzwane.

Spoon

Spoon (liturgy)

voorbeelde

Was Jesus born, as it were, with a silver spoon in his mouth?
Ngaba uYesu wayezalwa zizinhanha?

McAlpine concludes: “Society is accepting what is being spoon-fed to it. . . .
UMcAlpine uqukumbela ngelithi: “Abantu baginya yonke into abanunuswa ngayo. . . .

“Pink, pink,” called Mbali, banging the table with her spoon.
“Nopinki, nopinki,” kwakhwaza uMbali, ebetha itafile ngecephe lakhe.

Many icebreakers have a somewhat shallow bow, shaped like a spoon.
Umphambili weenqanawa ezininzi zokuqhekeza umkhenkce udla ngokuba ngqukuva okwecephe.

“When we are dining out with others, he sometimes goes to other tables in the dining room, tastes the jam, and puts the used spoon back into the jam dish.
Xa sisitya kwiivenkile zokutyela nabanye, maxa wambi uya kwezinye iitafile kwigumbi lokutyela, angcamle ijam, aze alibuyisele kwakwisitya sejam elo cephe alimuncileyo.

She took off her blue shoes and her bright stripy jersey, picked up the big wooden spoon and pushed them into the washtub with all the other washing.
Wakhulula izihlangu zakhe ezizuba kunye nejezi yakhe enemigca nemibala eqaqambileyo, wathatha iphini elikhulu waze wazinyanzela ngalo, ezifaka apho ebhafini kunye nezinye iimpahla ezihlanjwayo.

Tiny cosmetic spoons made of ivory or wood, some carved in the form of girls swimming and various other intricate designs, have also been found in Egypt and at Canaanite sites.
Kwakhona, eYiputa nakwimimandla yaseKanana kuye kwafunyanwa amacephe amancinane enziwe ngophondo lwendlovu nangomthi nawayesetyenziswa xa ibhinqa liza kuzilungisa ukuze likhe izithambiso nekwakukrolwe kuwo amabhinqa adadayo neminye imikrolo.

Although poor themselves, they collected everything that was needed —from spoons to roofing materials.
Nakuba nabo babengathath’ intweni, beza nayo yonke into eyayifuneka—ukususela emacepheni ukuya eluphahleni.

Albanians love eating with a spoon, as soups and stews are common.
Abantu baseAlbania bayathanda ukutya ngecephe, ekubeni eyona nto ixhaphakileyo iyisuphu nesityu.

Children born that year in England were presented with a silver spoon.
Abantwana abazalwa ngaloo nyaka eNgilani baphiwa icephe lesilivere.

One ivory spoon has carved palm leaves on one side of its handle and a woman’s head flanked by doves on the other.
Kukwakho nohlobo oluthile lwecephe elenziwe ngophondo lwendlovu elinomqheba okrolwe amagqabi omthi wesundu laza kwelinye icala lanobuso bebhinqa obujikelezwe ngamahobe.

His condition has been a real challenge, since he is unable to do anything for himself except awkwardly spoon his food.
Imeko yakhe iye yalucelomngeni lokwenene, ekubeni engakwazi ukwenza nayiphi na into ngaphandle kokwenza umzamo omkhulu wokuzityisa.

A fork or spoon would make eating painful.
Ukutya ngefolokhwe okanye ngecephe kuya kumtyisa kabuhlungu.

But on becoming a Witness, he might offer a spoonful of sugar, which is of equal value in the isolated provinces.
Kodwa uthi akuba liNgqina, alunike icephe leswekile, elinexabiso elilinganayo namagqabi ecoca kumaphondo akwanti.

For example, at one time, the entire population of Semënov stopped farming and produced nearly two million wooden bowls, platters, cups, and spoons in a single year.
Ngokomzekelo, ngaxa lithile bonke abantu baseSemënov bayeka ukulima baza benza malunga nezigidi ezibini zezitya, iipleyiti, iikomityi namacephe okhuni kunyaka nje omnye.

What we need is a can of tomatoes, an onion, a spoonful of vegetable stock and a pinch of salt.”
Kufuneka thina sifumane inkonxa yetumato, itswele, icephe lencindi yemifuno kunye nentwana yetyuwa.”

We used the coal to boil the beans, which other prisoners then offered to buy by the spoonful.
Sasibasa ngamalahle ukuze sibilise iimbotyi, size sizithengise kwamanye amabanjwa ngecephe.

Quickly he took a spoon and smoothed over the top of the salad and put the cloth back neatly.
Wakhawuleza wathatha icephe walungelelanisa umphezulu wesaladi waza waphinda wagquma kakuhle.

When Aino Ehtmaa was transferred from one camp to another, she didn’t have a spoon or a bowl —the very basics for camp life.
Xa uAino Ehtmaa wafuduswa kwenye inkampu esisiwa kwenye wayengenaso isitya necephe eli lembala.

Then Granny adds soap powder and stirs the water with a big wooden spoon until it becomes frothy and bubbly.
Emva koko uMakhulu ugalela isepha engumgubo aze azamise ngelo phini lakhe likhulu de amanzi akhephuzele ugwebu.

So Gogo put the kettle on, and she and Miss Mouse got two spoons and shared the piece of cake between them.
Ngoko ke, uMakhulu wabilisa iketile, waze yena noNkosazana Mpuku bakhupha amacephe amabini abaza kutya ngawo loo keyiki babelene ngayo.

You have perhaps heard the expression, “Born with a silver spoon in his mouth.”
Mhlawumbi ukhe wayiva intetho ethi, “Uzelwe necephe lesilivere emlonyeni wakhe.”

And then she puts all the sheets and pillowcases, and the tablecloth and her own large underwear into the washtub and pushes them down under the water with her big wooden spoon and then stirs them around and around and around.
Emva koko ufaka ebhafini onke amashiti neepilo, kulandele ilaphu letafile nempahla yakhe eninzi yangaphantsi, aze ke azinyanzele ngephini lakhe elikhulu ukuze zitshone apho emanzini aze azamise zijikeleze, jikelele, jikelele njalo.

Small amounts, such as a spoonful or two are best got rid of in this way.
Intwanana yepetrol, efana okanye elingana necephe eligcweleyo okanye ngale ndlela.

MANY people use a fork, a knife, and a spoon to transfer delicious food to their mouth.
ABANTU abaninzi baqhele ukutya ngefolokhwe, imela necephe.