Results for sifutshane translation from Xhosa to English

senziwa sifutshane isiqu sakhe ukuqheliswa emfazweni nobutsolo obulungileyo.
she was short-hulled for manoeuvrability with a good ram.

isilawuli sichocho esinokuphakama ekwenziweni esinokuthi sisikwe sibe sifutshane kakhulu.
storm jib with high-cut clew so that it can be trimmed very flat.

umgama phakathi kwendawo ezimbini zesiphotho esinye waziwa ngokuba sisidibanisi sentsontelo, kwaye sinikezela ngomlinganiselo wokondlalwa ngokungqingqwa; nje ukuba isidibanisi sibe sifutshane kuba ngqingqwa ukondlalwa kwaso.
the distance along the rope between any two points on the same strands is known as the jaw of the rope, and gives a measure of the hardness of the lay; the shorter the jaw the harder the lay.

yini na ukuba ndifike, kungekho mntu? ndibize, kungabikho usabelayo? sifutshane kakhulu na isandla sam ukuba singakhululi? akakho na kum amandla okuhlangula? yabonani, ngokukhalima kwam ndomisa ulwandle, imilambo ndiyenze intlango; ziyabola iintlanzi zayo, ngokuba kungekho manzi, ziyafa kukunxanwa;
wherfore, when i came, was there no man? when i called, was there none to answer? is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have i no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke i dry up the sea, i make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.