tail oor Xhosa

tail

/teɪl/ werkwoord, naamwoord, adjektief

(anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.

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The appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.

Care must be taken to stop the tail clear of the water and of the boat's propellers.
Kufuneka kulungiswe kakuhle ukuze kumiswe umsila osukile emanzini naseziqhubini zephenyane

Tail

Tail (Chinese constellation)

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Jehovah now said to Moses: ‘Reach out your hand and seize it by the tail.’
Wathi ke ngoko uYehova kuMoses: ‘Yolula isandla sakho uze uyibambe ngomsila.’

Investigations are “being conducted in Europe, Canada and the United Kingdom, where unapproved parts (tail rotor shaft nuts) have been linked to a recent fatal helicopter crash,” transportation officials said.
Kwenziwa uphando “eYurophu, eKhanada nakwiUnited Kingdom, apho iintsimbi ezingekho mgangathweni (iinathi zephiko lenqwelo-moya) ziye zabangela ukuwa kwenqwelo-moya okwabulala abantu,” atsho njalo amagosa ezothutho.

Wooden blocks are classified by their size, which is their length from crown to tail measured round the shell; an ordinary wooden block will take a rope one-third of its size, so that a 9-inch block, for example, would be required for a 3-inch rope.
Ibloko zepali zichazwa ngokobungakanani, ngaandla ukusuka phezulu ukuya ezantsi ilinganiswa jikelele iqokobhe ukhuni oluqhelekileyo luthathe intambo kwisayizi -1/3 , ukuze i-intshi ezili-9 umzekelo ziza kufunelwa intambo ezii-intshi ezintathu

Then their lower ends are secured to eye-plates by cordage tails.
Ze indawo esezantsi ekugqibeleni ikhuselwe ngamehlo epleyiti ngentambo emsileni.

15 The aancient, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
15 Indoda, enkulu, yiyo intloko; nomprofeti othi afundise ubuxoki, ingumsila.

If the tail wags in a stiff, rapid wag of excitement, it does not signify friendship.
Ukuba umsila utshikiza uqinile, ngokukhawuleza utshikiza ngemihlali, ayibonakalisi buhlobo.

So Amina and Shireen made a tail for Whatzit − a wiggly-waggly tail!
Bathe ke, u-Amina noShireen benzela uYin’a le umsila – umsila onoboya otshikizayo!

And many other gifts, such as the kitten whose playful antics with a leaf leave us convulsed with laughter or the fuzzy puppy that “attacks” us, head shaking from side to side, growling ferociously as it tugs on our sleeve, yet with friendly tail wagging nonstop all the while.
Nezinye izipho ezininzi, ezifana nentshontsho lekati lidlala ngegqabi ngendlela esibangela singakwazi ukuzibamba yintsini okanye umbundlwane “osidlalisayo,” ushukushukumisa loo ntlokwana yawo kumacala onke uvungama ngeengcwangu njengoko utsala-tsala umkhono wethu, kanti ngaloo lonke elo xesha umsila awuyekanga ukujiwuza ubonakalisa ubuhlobo.

Noodle’s tail wagged and he licked her face.
UNoodle wajiwuzisa umsila wakhe waze wamkhotha ebusweni.

With his tail, he “drags a third of the stars of heaven.”
Ngomsila wayo, ‘irhuqa isinye kwisithathu seenkwenkwezi zezulu.’

(Isaiah 40:26) A child laughing as he watches a puppy chasing its tail or a kitten playing with a ball of wool—does that not suggest that Jehovah, “the happy God,” has a sense of humor?
(Isaya 40:26) Umntwana ogigithekayo njengoko ebukele injana ezama ukunqakula umsila wayo okanye intshontsho lekati lidlala ngebhola yoboya—ngaba oko akubonisi ukuba uYehova, ‘uThixo onoyolo,’ unoburharha?

The shepherd wants his animals to remain clean and healthy, so he may shorten their tails, doing so skillfully to avoid causing unnecessary pain.
Umalusi ufuna imfuyo yakhe ihlale icocekile yaye isempilweni, ngoko usenokuyinqumla loo misila, esenjenjalo ngobuchule ukuze ingaqaqanjelwa ngokungeyomfuneko.

Once a thermal is located, the eagle spreads out its wings and tail and circles within the column of warm air, which carries the eagle higher and higher.
Xa luwufumene, ukhozi lusuka lwaneke amaphiko nesisila salo luze lujikeleze kuloo msinga womoya ofudumeleyo, othi ulunyusele phezulu kakhulu.

Why is it said that “the authority of the horses is in their mouths,” and how do they ‘do harm with their tails’?
Kutheni kusithiwa ‘amagunya amahashe asemlonyeni wawo,’ ibe ‘onakalisa njani ngemisila yawo’?

16 In the communion sacrifice, all the fat —around the intestines, the kidneys, the appendage upon the liver, and the loins, as well as the fatty tail of the sheep— was offered to Jehovah by being burned, made to smoke on the altar.
16 Kumbingelelo wobudlelane, wonke umhlehlo—ogubungele amathumbu, izintso, umhlehlo ophezu kwesibindi, noselusendweni nomsila otyebileyo wemvu—wawunikelwa kuYehova ngokutshiswa uqhunyiswe phezu kwesibingelelo.

What a sting those tails have inflicted!
Lolunjani lona ulwamvila oluye lwafakwa yiloo misila!

It (the towing ship) should tail it with a strong messenger, and allow it to slide well down the hawser.
(Inqanawa etsalayo) mayibotshelelwe ngentsontela ende kakhulu, kwaye iyivumeleke ukuba ilale kakuhle kwintambo enkulu.

Among the many other birds breeding there are the red-tailed tropic bird, the masked booby, the brown booby, the red-footed booby, the brown noddy, and the frigate bird.
Phakathi kwezinye iintaka ezihlala apha kukho iired-tailed tropic bird, iimasked booby, iibrown booby, iired-footed booby, iibrown noddy, nefrigate bird.

When the rocket-line has been secured in the ship a tail-block, through which is rove an endless whip of I1⁄2-inch manila, is hitched to its shoreward end.
Xa intambo yesidubuli ikhuselwe enqanaweni ibhloko yomsila apho isisiqwempu sentambo esiphothiweyo esinesabhokhwe esingenasiphelo semanila ezi-toni eziyi11/2, inyuselwa ngakwisiphelo sonxweme.

Rhian: “First, I remove any dirty wool from around the sheep’s tail to prepare the sheep for shearing.
URhian: “Xa ndicheba igusha ndiqala emsileni.

Their tails are like serpents.”
Imisila yawo ifana neenyoka.”

Care must be taken to stop the tail clear of the water and of the boat's propellers.
Kufuneka kulungiswe kakuhle ukuze kumiswe umsila osukile emanzini naseziqhubini zephenyane

Ridges on the underside of its long tail help it to remain firmly propped in position until it wakes up.
Amaqoqo akwicala elingaphantsi komsila ayinceda ilale kakuhle.

Jonica Newby concludes: “When a dog comes running up to us, wagging its tail and licking us as though our coming home was the best thing that had happened to it all day, it seems fair to call it ‘love.’”
Jonica Newby uthi: “Xa inja isiza kuwe, ijiwuzisa umsila ize ifike ikukhothe ngokungathi ukufika kwakho yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kuyo, ibonisa ukuba ‘iyakuthanda.’”

Flogging itself was carried out by the bosuns mate with a cat of nine tails.
Nkqu ukubetha ngokwako kwakusenziwa ngamaqabane ebhosans ngekati enemisila elithoba.