whale oor Xhosa

whale

/weɪl/, /weɪɫ/ werkwoord, naamwoord

(intransitive) To hunt for whales.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

Umnenga

various marine mammals of the order Cetacea

The blue whale has an average weight of 120 tons—as much as 30 elephants!
Umnenga iblue whale ngokuqhelekileyo uziitoni ezili-120 ubunzima—ubunzima beendlovu ezingama-30!

Whale

(constellation) Cetus

voorbeelde

Gigantic Whales of the Sea
Iminenga Emikhulu Yaselwandle

Spouting of a whale.
Umtshizo womnenga.

For several months residents and tourists at the beaches or on the cliffs are thrilled to watch the whales —mothers and calves resting or frolicking in the water!
Abahlali nabakhenkethi bakuvuyela gqitha ukubukela le minenga, oonina namathole bephumle okanye bejubalaza emanzini!

The gulf’s other residents and migratory visitors include whales, giant manta rays, leatherback sea turtles, sea lions, marlins, sailfish, and huge schools of tuna.
Zikwakho nezinye izilwanyana ezihlala kweli gophe, ezinye zifudukela apha ngamaxesha athile onyaka.

A vessel similar to a trawler, very manoeuvrable, and equipped with a harpoon gun on the forecastle for whaling.
Isikhephe esiyeleneyo kwinqanawa yokuloba nenecebo kakhulu nokuxhobisa ngemipu enesinkempe kumphambili wenqanawa apho kuhlala khona oomatiloshe xa beloba umnenga.

But dolphins have a secret, part of which lies in their blubber, a complex substance also found under the skin of porpoises, whales, and other marine animals.
Kodwa ke iidolphin zincedwa ngamafutha azo, afumaneka nakwezinye izilwanyana zasemanzini njengehlengezi, umnenga nezinye.

Or warm blooded animals that live continuously in water, such as whales.
Okanye izilwanyana ezibaleka igazi elishushu ezihlala ngokuphinda-phindeneyo emanzini, njengeminenge

Thick coating of fat directly under skin of whales.
Umaleko ojiyileyo wamafutha ngokuthe ngqo phantsi kofele lomnenga.

Learning From a Whale’s Flippers
Ukufunda Kumaphiko Omnenga

Long-Lived Whale
Umnenga Owaphila Iminyaka Emininzi

In 1965 the crew of a Soviet whaleboat claimed to have seen a battle between a giant squid and a 40-ton sperm whale.
Ngowe-1965, abantu baseSoviet ababekhwele kwiphenyane bephanda ngeminenga bathi babone ingwane isilwa nomnenga obunzima buziitoni ezingama-40.

Biologists say that it is difficult to tell the right whales’ age when they die because this species of whale has no teeth.
Izazi zebhayoloji zithi xa lo mnenga ufile kunzima ukwazi ukuba ubuneminyaka emingaphi kuba awunamazinyo.

The longest blue whale on record was a 108-foot [33 m] adult female caught in Antarctica.
Owona mnenga mde kule owakha wabona wawuyimazi endala eziimitha ezingama-33 yaye wabanjwa kwiAntarctica.

(Haggai 2:7) There the Inuit brave the icy Arctic waters and hunt whales only a few miles from what was once the Soviet Union.
(Hagayi 2:7) Apho amaInuit amelana namanzi anomkhenkce eArctic aze azingele iminenga kumgama oziikhilomitha nje ezimbalwa ukusuka kwindawo eyayifudula iyiSoviet Union.

The sperm whale.
Umnenga wamadlozi.

True, or "right" whales.
Yokwenene okanye eyona yenyaniso iminenga.

One 19th-century author reported how a clergyman explained the account of Jonah and the huge fish as a strange sort of allegory: Jonah stayed at a hotel in Joppa called The Sign of the Whale.
Omnye umbhali wenkulungwane ye-19 wabalisa indlela umfundisi ayichaza ngayo ingxelo kaYona nentlanzi enkulu njengentsomi, wathi: UYona wayehlala kwihotele eseYopa ebizwa ngokuba yiThe Sign of the Whale.

The whale shark feeds on tiny plankton and krill, which “wash down through the esophagus into the immense and elastic banquet hall that is the cardiac stomach.”
Ukrebe utya izilwanyana ezincinane ezihlala emanzini ezingenakubonwa ngeliso lenyama, “ezehla ngommizo ukuya kweso sisu sikhulu sinwebekayo esinjengeholo yokutyela.”

They discovered that the secret is in the shape of the whale’s flippers.
Bafumanise ukuba uncedwa yindlela amile ngayo amaphiko awo.

Scientists list three different species of whale under the category of right whales.
Oososayensi bathi zintathu iintlobo zalo mnenga.

The cavernous mouth of even a small adult whale shark could easily accommodate a pair of Jonahs.”
Kumlomo onjengomqolomba woyena krebe ukhulileyo umncinane kunokungena ngokulula ooYona ababini.”

(Isaiah 35:4-6) In that new world, I look forward to swimming with the whales and dolphins, exploring the mountains with a lion and her cubs, and doing something as simple as walking on a beach.
(Isaya 35:4-6) Kwelo hlabathi litsha, ndikhangele phambili ekuqubheni neminenga namahlengesi, ekuhambeni ezintabeni nengonyama namathole ayo, nokwenza eyona nto ilula enjengokuhamba elwandle.

Every year, beginning in July, female southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) arrive at the southern coast of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Unyaka nonyaka, ukususela ngoJulayi, kufika amathokazi eminenga ebizwa ngokuba ziiright whales kunxweme olusemzantsi weSanta Catarina, eBrazil.

Spade-like knife, with staff handle, used for cutting blubber from whales.
Imela eyakhiwe okomhlakulo esinesiphatho somphini esetyenziswayo.

There are far larger sharks elsewhere; the whale shark can reach up to 45 feet (15 m) in length —possibly even more!
Bakho ookrebe abakhulu ngaphezu kwaba nakwezinye iindawo, omnye ukrebe umalunga neemitha ezili-15 ubude—mhlawumbi nangaphezulu!