tiger oor Xhosa

tiger

/`taɪgə(r)/, /ˈtaɪɡə/ naamwoord

Panthera tigris, a large carnivorous animal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.

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naamwoord

The mammal Panthera tigris

They have come to study one of the most endangered animals on earth, the elusive Siberian tiger.
Baze kufunda ngesinye sezona zilwanyana zisengozini yokuphela emhlabeni, ingwe entloni yaseSiberia.

Tiger

naamwoord, eienaam

(soccer) someone connected with Hull City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

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16 The Siberian Tiger—Will It Survive?
16 Ingwe YaseSiberia—Ngaba Iya Kusinda?

Siberian tigers have a pattern of dark stripes on orange fur.
Izingwe zaseSiberia zinemigca emnyama enqumleze uboya obuorenji.

Leopard pelts, elephant ivory, tiger bones, rhino horns, and turtles are among currently banned commodities.
Izikhumba zamahlosi, amabamba eendlovu, amathambo ezingwe, iimpondo zemikhombe neemfudo zaselwandle ziphakathi kwezinto ekuphelisiweyo ukuzithengisa ngoku.

At one time, according to this record, great saber-toothed tigers stalked their prey in Europe, horses larger than any now living roamed North America, and mammoths foraged in Siberia.
Ngokwale ngxelo, ngaxa lithile kwakukhe kwakho izingwe ezinkulu ezinamabamba amade nabukhali ezazizingela amaxhoba azo kwelaseYuropu, amahashe awayemakhulu kunawo nawaphi na amanye aphilayo ngoku awayedakasa emNtla Merika nezilwanyana ezinjengendlovu ezazizityela utyani kwelaseSiberia.

The Tiger was similarly treated but not the Lion, which was scrapped in 1975.
UHlosi waphathwa ngokuyeleleneyo kodwa hayi ingonyama eyaphalwa ngo1975 .

Tigers may need even more space.
Izingwe zinokufuna kwanendawo ephangalele ngakumbi.

For no apparent reason, one of his animals, a 380-pound (172 kg) white tiger, attacked him.
Ngaphandle kwesizathu, enye yezi zingwe, eyayinobunzima obuziikhilogram ezili-172, yayihlasela.

Blake commenced breaking up late in 1982 with Tiger awaiting disposal.
IBlake yaqala iyantlukwano ekupheleni ko1982 kunye nehlosi elalingalindanga kulahlwa .

Indeed, the mangroves of the world provide an indispensable service for flora and fauna —from lichens to tigers— and also for humans.
Le mithi inceda izilwanyana, izityalo, izingwe nabantu.

1, 2. (a) What events foretold in Bible prophecy can be compared to an attack by a tiger?
1, 2. (a) Ziziphi iziganeko ekuprofetwe ngazo kwisiprofeto seBhayibhile ezinokufaniswa nokuhlaselwa yingwe?

Saving the Tiger
Ukuyisindisa Le Ngwe

A breeding pool of tigers (400 animals) may require an area as large as 15,000 square miles [40,000 sq km].
Izingwe ezanyisayo (izilwanyana ezingama-400) zisenokufuna indawo enkulu engangeeskwe khilomihta ezingama-40 000.

Trade in elephant ivory, rhino horn, tiger skins, and other animal parts is now a multibillion-dollar black-market business, second only to drug smuggling, notes Time.
ITime ithi, ukurhweba ngamabamba endlovu, ngophondo lomkhombe, izikhumba zezingwe namalungu ezinye izilwanyana ngoku kulishishini elingekho mthethweni elingenisa izigidi zezigidi zeedola, libambe indawo yesibini emva kokuthengiswa kweziyobisi ngokungekho mthethweni.

The Tiger was slightly larger with a 6-inch instead of a 4-inch secondary battery.
Ihlosi lalinobukhulu obuzii-intshi ezintandathu endaweni yee-intshi ezine kwilahle lesibini.

On the other hand, Siberian tigers in captivity breed readily and do relatively well.
Kwelinye icala, izingwe zaseSiberia ezivalelweyo ziyazala yaye ziqhuba kakuhle kakhulu.

Unique to each tiger, their stripes make it possible to distinguish one tiger from another as surely as fingerprints distinguish people.
Ngwe nganye inemigca efana yodwa, nto leyo eyenza kube lula ukwahlula ingwe kwenye, njengokuba mntu ngamnye eneempawu zezandla ezifana zodwa.

Rather, all captive Siberian tigers in all the zoos of a continent—or even worldwide—had to be treated as a single population.”
Kunoko, zonke izingwe zaseSiberia eziselugcinweni kwimizi yogcino-zilwanyana yelizwekazi elithile—okanye nesehlabathini lonke—zimele ziyekwe ziyiloo nto ziyiyo.”

Return to the situation of the majestic tiger.
Makhe sibuyele kwimeko yengwe enkulu.

In the lunar calendar, each year is named after one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac —dragon, tiger, monkey, rabbit, and so on.
Unyaka ngamnye waseTshayina uthiywa ngesinye sezilwanyana ezili-12 ezisetyenziswa xa kuvunyiswa ngeenkwenkwezi—inamba, ingwe, inkawu, umvundla nezinye.

So if Siberian tigers are to survive in the wild, they must have sufficient territory.
Ngoko ukuba izingwe zaseSiberia ziza kuqhubeka zikho ehlathini, zimele zibe nomhlaba owaneleyo.

The underground trade in tiger parts flourished as the dwindling supplies pushed prices ever higher.”
Urhwebo olwalusenziwa ngasese lwenyama yengwe lwahambela phambili njengoko ukunqaba kwayo kwawanyusa ngakumbi amaxabiso ayo.”

As a sharpshooter with rifle in hand leans out of the helicopter, the tiger leaps up a tree and roars a challenge.
Njengoko inkcani ephethe umpu ivela ngaphandle kwenqwelo-ntaka, ingwe iqabel’ emthini ize igqume ufun’ undikho.

In India alone, tigers kill more than 50 people each year.
EIndiya kuphela, izingwe zibulala abantu abangaphezu kwama-50 nyaka ngamnye.

They include the fearsome tiger shark and the gigantic but harmless whale shark, the biggest fish in the world.
Oku kuquka owoyikwa gqitha itiger shark nomkhulu gqitha iwhale shark nangona ungeyongozi, eyona ntlanzi inkulu ehlabathini.

The Siberian Tiger —Will It Survive?
Ingwe YaseSiberia—Ngaba Iya Kusinda?