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intamo

Vertalings in die woordeboek Xhosa - Engels

brain

verb noun

neck

naamwoord

the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals

Le ndlela inzima ukuyiqonda eyenziwe ngayo intamo yembovane neyenza ukuba yomelele ngolu hlobo yazivelela?
Did the ant’s neck with its complex and highly integrated mechanical systems evolve?

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Intamo nephango lendlulamthi linemibalabala emihle emile okwamagqabi.
The neck and flanks of the giraffe are painted with a beautiful network of narrow white lines forming a latticework of leaflike patterns.

Wayeyolule yatsaleka intamo yakhe ngokuyaa ebefuna ukubona ukuba ingaba umyeni wakhe usahleli emaqandeni kusini na!
She had stretched and stretched her neck to see if her husband was still sitting on their eggs!

Ukuqinis’ intamo okunjalo kunokukhokelela kusukuzwano.
That could lead to a degree of quarreling and strife.

Ekubeni umphakamo wamagxa ayo uziimitha ezisisi-1,8—ineempondo ezinkulu, umqolo owolulekileyo, umzimba omde, intamo ejonge ezantsi nomzimba onezihlunu ezikhulu—isisigantsontso.
Standing up to six feet [1.8 m] high at the shoulder —with sweeping horns, a straight back, a long body, a droopy neck, and a muscular frame— it is the picture of strength.

Yizalise nge-oyile, vala intamo yayo ngesivali esinamandla, wandule ukuyirhuqa emanzini ngentambo.
Fill it with oil, close its neck with a strong seizing, and trail it in the water on a line.

Ngenxa yokuba abangendawo bephumelela, uAsafu wahlabela mgama esithi ngabo: “Ngako oko intamo yabo inxitywe ikratshi; ukugonyamela kubathe wambu ngokwengubo.
Because the wicked prosper, Asaph went on to say of them: “Therefore haughtiness has served as a necklace to them; violence envelops them as a garment.

Intamo Yembovane
The Ant’s Neck

(Zikhangeleka ziyithanda intamo le yam apha ngasemva!)
(They seem to like the back of my neck!)

Olu hlobo lwesloth lunamathambo asithoba asentanyeni, asenza sikwazi ukujika intamo yaso kakhulu ukuze sifumane amagqabi esiwathandayo.
This kind of sloth has nine vertebras in its neck, allowing it to rotate its head 270 degrees in search of its favorite leaves.

UYuda ufana nqwa nomvukeli ochazwe kwiMizekeliso 29:1 ngokuthi: “Umntu owohlwaywa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kodwa ayenze lukhuni intamo yakhe uya kwaphulwa ngequbuliso, aze angaphiliswa.”
Judah is like the rebel described at Proverbs 29:1: “A man repeatedly reproved but making his neck hard will suddenly be broken, and that without healing.”

Bacebisa ukuba, ukuba ndifumene ikroba, ndifanele ndizame ukumkruna intamo.
They suggested that, if I got a chance, I should try to put him out of the game.

Intamo yakhe yajijeka, yaye isilevu sakhe “sasincamathele” kwigxalaba lakhe lasekhohlo.
His neck became twisted, and his chin was “frozen” at his left shoulder.

Ngokufuthi umgibe womzingeli uquka ulutya olubhijela luze luqinise intamo okanye iintambo ezirhintyela amanqina enyamakazi.
A hunter’s snare often involves a noose that pulls tight around the neck or ropes that entangle the feet of an animal.

Ngaphambili, le ntombazana iye yanconywa kwathiwa: “Intamo yakho injengenqaba kaDavide.”
Earlier, the girl received this compliment: “Your neck is like the tower of David.”

4 Kwaye ndazenza ngenxa yokuba ndandikwazi aukuba uneenkani, yaye intamo yakho ingumsipha wesinyithi, kwaye nebunzi lakho lilubhedu;
4 And I did it because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy aneck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

Kodwa, IMizekeliso 29:1 ithi: “Umntu owohlwaywa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kodwa ayenze lukhuni intamo yakhe uya kwaphulwa ngequbuliso, aze angaphiliswa.”
Yet, Proverbs 29:1 says: “A man repeatedly reproved but making his neck hard will suddenly be broken, and that without healing.”

Ukuze kususwe ityala, amadoda amakhulu aloo mzi kubonakala ukuba unetyala legazi kwakufuneka aphule intamo yenkomo entsha engekasetyenziswa emfuleni onamanzi ongalinywanga.
To clear away guilt, the elders of that apparently bloodguilty city had to break the neck of a young, unworked cow in an uncultivated torrent valley.

Ukuba wayethandwa ngokwaneleyo ngamanye amaqabane akhe, babemtsala ngokukhawuleza ukuze ophuke intamo.
If he was well liked his crew mates might be able to haul him up fast enough to break his neck.

Wangqisha, kodwa kuyo yonke into awayeyenza, intamo yakhe yahlala inde injalo.
He stamped his feet, but no matter what he did his neck stayed long.

Sekunjalo, uZedekiya “akazange azithobe ngenxa kaYeremiya . . . , waqhubeka eyenza lukhuni intamo yakhe wayenza lukhuni intliziyo yakhe kangangokuba akazange abuyele kuYehova.”—2 Kron.
Still, Zedekiah “did not humble himself on account of Jeremiah . . . , and he kept stiffening his neck and hardening his heart so as not to return to Jehovah.” —2 Chron.

Intamo yeli bhinqa yayityokololo, ngokungathi lalingakwazi ukumelana nokubona unyana walo ekwimo elusizi ngolo hlobo.
She seemed to have little strength in her neck, as if she couldn’t bear to watch her son for pity.

Qhelisela ukukhulula intamo, imihlathi, imilebe, izihlunu zobuso kunye nezihlunu zomqala.
Practice relaxing your neck, jaw, lips, facial muscles, and throat muscles.

Lwaluqala apha ngakwingqoba; lutyhubele emagxeni, intamo, imihlathi; iye kuthi xhaxhe ngeengalo zombini.
It began near my breastbone; shot up into my shoulders, neck, and jaws; and surged down again through both of my arms.

Ugxa wetshati, yeyiphi engaqikelela kubanemfanelo kwintshayelelo yabo ukufika kwekhampasi enomtsalane, babekhutshwe kwigubo yegusha etsaleka ngaphandle, intamo kusasa soloko isekunene okanye ekhohlo.
Contemporary charts, which one can guess owe their introduction to the advent of the magnetic compass, were drawn on an outstretched sheepskin, the neck nearly always to the left or west.

Izigcina-ntloko zamajoni aseRoma ahamba ngeenyawo zazenziwe ngohlobo lokuba zikhusele intloko, intamo nobuso.
The helmet worn by the Roman infantry was designed to ward off blows directed at the head, neck, and face.