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umpu

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gun

naamwoord

a very portable, short weapon, for hand use

Enazo nezinye ezimbini ezikwisikroba esisedongeni sokufaka umpu sokudubula phambili kwindawo esecaleni evalela ukunqatyiswa.
She had a further two embrasured guns firing forward in a separate enclosed armoured battery.

Umpu

Vertalings in die woordeboek Xhosa - Engels

projectile weapon

normally tubular weapon or other device designed to discharge projectiles or other material

voorbeelde

146. Isigcini-ntloko sokulawula umpu
146. Gun director helmet

“Kwafika indoda iphethe umpu yaza yasixelela ukuba siphume siphele kuba ngoku le yayiza kuba yindlu yayo.
“A man came with a gun and told us to leave, saying that this was now his house.

Ukugqwashula umpu njengesoyikiso kunokuboyikisa abanye abahlaseli, kodwa abanye kunokubenza babe ligqabi ngumsindo.”
Waving a firearm around as a bluff can scare off some assailants, but will only enrage others.”

Kwakhona iingcali zincomela ukuba kususwe nantoni na lo mntu anokuzibulala ngayo—ngokukodwa umpu.
Experts also recommend removing anything that the person might use to commit suicide—firearms in particular.

Emva kokuba ndibhalele ibhanki ileta, ndathenga umpu ndaya kwindawo engenabantu, elwandle ndaza ndazidubula kabini entloko nakabini esifubeni.
After writing a letter to the bank, I bought a small-caliber pistol, went to an isolated spot on the beach, and shot myself twice in the head and twice in the chest.

Ukususela ngoko saya rhoqo kwiintlanganiso kwiHolo yoBukumkani, yaye andizange ndiphinde ndihambe ndiphethe umpu kwakhona.
From then on we regularly attended meetings at the Kingdom Hall, and I never carried my gun again.

Wandula wongezelela ngokuthi: “Andisayi kucinga nokucinga ngokugcina umpu ukuze ndizikhusele.
Then she adds: “I would not dream of keeping a gun for personal protection.

Ngokungafaniyo naloo Mguvela Oyincutshe, amasela nabaphangi banamhlanje, kungakhathaliseki ubudala babo, basenokuphatha umpu okanye imela, yaye baza kuyisebenzisa.
Unlike the Artful Dodger, today’s thieves and muggers, regardless of age, are likely to carry a gun or a knife, and they will use it.

IU.S.News & World Report yabhala oku: “Izixhobo zabantu ngabanye zanele ukunika phantse onke amadoda, amabhinqa nabantwana beli lizwe umpu.”
“The nation’s private arsenal is big enough to supply one gun to nearly every man, woman and child in the country,” wrote U.S.News & World Report.

Enazo nezinye ezimbini ezikwisikroba esisedongeni sokufaka umpu sokudubula phambili kwindawo esecaleni evalela ukunqatyiswa.
She had a further two embrasured guns firing forward in a separate enclosed armoured battery.

Xa sifumanise ukuba kukho igusha engekhoyo, utat’ omdala wayethatha umpu nenduku aye kuyikhangela, nokuba kuyanetha yaye kuhlwile.
If we found that a sheep was missing, my uncle would take a gun and a staff and go out looking for the lost one —even going out when it was raining and dark to search for just one lamb.

Amakhwenkwe amabini aneminyaka eli-11 ubudala angxala umpu oziimilimitha ezilithoba emlonyeni wenye inkwenkwe eneminyaka eli-10 ubudala aza aba iwotshi yayo.
Two 11- year- old boys shoved a nine- millimeter pistol into a 10- year- old’s mouth and stole his watch.

Amajoni ammisa phambi kwabo bonke aze abeka umpu egxalabeni lakhe.
The soldiers stood Ladislav in front of them all and placed a rifle on his shoulder.

Kuyinto exhaphake gqitha ukuva ngogonyamelo lwasekhaya, ubugrogrisi, ukutshatyalaliswa kohlanga nokubulawa kwabantu ngaphandle kwesizathu ngumntu othile ophethe umpu.
We regularly hear about domestic violence, acts of terrorism, campaigns of genocide, and mass killings by gunmen with little apparent motive.

Wadutyulwa emqolo xa intombazana eneminyaka eli-11 ubudala yathi ngempazamo yadubula umpu eyayiwuphethe esikolweni ukuze ibonise abahlobo bayo.
She was shot in the back when an 11- year- old girl accidentally fired the gun she had brought to school to show her friends.

Kwangaxeshanye, ndenza amacebo okuba ndisebenze nzima ukuze ndiphucule imeko kamama ndandule ke —ndithenge umpu ukuze ndibulale ubawo!
At the same time, I made plans to work hard so that I could better my mother’s situation and then —buy a gun to kill my father!

Kwathatha umpu osikwe amaqoqoq wentsimbi wee1860 odubula amaqokobhe abusilinda ukufezekisa ukwenza ngokwenene, namandla okungena angazange aviwa ngaphambili.
It took the wrought-iron rifled gun of the 1860s firing cylindrical shells to achieve accuracy, range and penetrating power unheard of before.

UWerner wawunika lo dade umpu wakhe.
Werner handed her his toy gun.

Ngoko, ngaphambi kokugqitywa, umpu oyiphawunda 110 enendawo ekufakwa kuyo iimbumbulu waba khona.
However, before completion, the 110-pounder breech-loading rifled gun had become available.

Amadoda amafutshane aye abonakalisa ubudoda bawo ngokuba nevolovolo okanye umpu ezandleni zawo, nangemibono yokwenene yabantu abafileyo abalele phambi kwawo.
Puny men made macho with a handgun or rifle in their hand, with realistic scenes of the dead lying at their feet.

Kwakubuhlungu oku, kodwa bambalwa abantu abenzakalayo xa kuthelekiswa nabo babenokwenzakala ukuba kwakusetyenziswe isiqhushumbisi esincinane okanye umpu.
That is tragic enough, but the casualties were fewer than might have occurred from a small explosive or even a pistol.

Ndiya ekhaya ukuya kulanda umpu wam ukuze ndiwadubule!”
I’m going home to get my gun to shoot them!”

Loo nto yayifana nokufumana ijoni lamaxesha aphakathi eliphethe umpu.
It was as though we had found a medieval cavalier carrying a rifle.

Njengoko sasihamba naye, nanini na sidibana namatyholo okanye imithi, wayekhupha umpu aze ahambe phambili ukuze ahlole loo ndawo.
On the way back, whenever we came near a clump of bushes or trees, he pulled out his gun and rode ahead to inspect the area.

KUMAZIKO okubhengeza izinto, umfanekiso wengxamsholo yendoda ephethe umpu ezandleni zayo iye yasetyenziswa ukuthengisa izinto ezininzi.
IN THE world of advertising, the masculine image of a rugged man posed with a rifle cradled in his arms has been used to sell many things.