Results for angasemva translation from Xhosa to English

amanzi angasemva
backwater.

ezi ziyafana kaninzi ngobunganga bayo ngaphabili namandla angasemva.
these are relatively much superior to her in ahead and astern power.

iinqanawa zokulwa ezininzi zinamandla angasemva angaphantsi kakhulu kumandla okuqhuba.
most warships have astern power that is very inferior to ahead power.

wabukeka njengesijikelezi esikhulu, ngaphandle kwezilenga ezimbini ezinkulu kumacala onke angasemva kweefanela.
she looked like a large cruiser, except for the two big cranes on either side just aft of her funnels.

ekugqibeleni xa amaza angasemva kwenqanawa edlula, inqanawa ibuya umva ize izame ilandele leyo idlulayo.
finally, as the stern wave passes her stern, the ship surges astern and tries to follow in the wake of the passing ship.

ukuba ayiphumeleli ukukhusela intambo zesikhephe namadoda angasemva entsontela yokulawula iseyile abambe umva kwileli, imiphambili iya kujinga ngaphandle.
if the bowman fails to secure the boat-rope and the sternsheetsman has griped the stern to the ladder, the bows will swing out.

ezinye iinqanawa zixwayiswe ngamathambeka asecaleni okanye angaphambili ukongeza apho namathambeka angasemva ukwenzela inqanawa ithwaliswe iphinde ikhululwe ngexesha elinye ngaphezu kwamathambeka amabini.
some ships are equipped with side ramps or bow ramps in addition to their stern ramps to enable the ship to be loaded and discharged simultaneously over two ramps.

kakade, oku "kulusuku lwasebaleni ukwenzela itheko lesithixo solwandle kunye namaqokobhe akudala angasemva", ngenxa yokuba ngokuka harry lydenburg: "okusendalweni ngaphezulu koko kuhambo ngenqanawa lwamva kulungiselela ngokwamaxesha
of course, it is a "field day for the neptune party and old shellbacks," because as harry lydenburg writes: "what is more natural than that on later voyages the seasoned