Results for cala translation from Xhosa to English

cala nga cala
side-by-side

ukusondela kweli cala lingezi meya.
approach from leeward.

umqhubi ubona phantse bungconwanwa kweli cala liza umoya.
the helmsman sees scarcely better to windward.

intloko yakhe kufuneku ijonge kweli cala inqanawe ibhekisa kulo.
his head should point in the direction of motion.

xa yakhiwe ngamacala esiqu senqanawe, yaziwa njengc cala lenqanawe.
when it is formed by the side of the hull, it is known as the ship's side.

iqinisa intambo yokutsala kwicangci letsheyini lwe cala elikhuselekileye leentambo zokubamba imasti.
it makes fast a towline to the chain plate of the lee shroud.

isikhephe esineseyile ephantsi sisengozini eyodwa ngenxa yekubona ekunyinekuleyo kweli cala lingezi moya.
a yacht with low-cut sails is in special danger because of restricted vision on the lee side.

elo cala lorhityelo lwentambo elithi libekufutshane kwirhityela, kwimehlo okanye kwisibopheleli iphikisana nesiphelo.
the part of the bight of a rope which is nearest the eye, bend or hitch, in contrast to the end.

buyisela isiphelo phezu kwenye intsika uthatha eminye imijikelo enqamlezileyo kwelinye icala ixwese kuma cala entsika.
then bring the end up over one spar and take a few more turns across the opposite diagonal, finishing off as for a square lashing.

ezi zinyusa, ingathathi cala umbizane womhlaba ophantsi, engathathi cala namandla aphantsi ngalo ndlela.
these are 'hoist' , 'neutral', 'gravity lower', 'neutral' and 'power lower', in that order.

wakrazulwa ngenxa yami liwa laphakade ukuze ndizifihle kuwe nxeba likayesu yiyanina lemikrozo kwelo cala lakho yeyegazi yeyamnzi mandihlanjululwe
he was pierced for my sake by an everlasting rock

kwicala eliza umoya, izakuvuthelwa ngumoya iye kwicala lenqanawe, kwicala elingaveli meya, inqanawe izakubheka kweli cala lisehlenge.
on the windward side they will be blown against the ship, and on the leeward side the ship will tend to drift on to the rafts.

intambo enkulu eyomeleleyo ukuxhasa imasti ngaphambili, ngokuthi yandiswe kweli cala lingentla ukuya kumphambili wenqanawe njengoko ezi ntambo zibambe imasti zandiswe ukuya ngasekunene nasekhohlo nangasemva.
a large strong rope employed to support the mast on the fore part, by extending from its upper end towards the fore part of the ship as the shrouds are extended to the right and left and behind it.

kungoko kufuneka kubekwe kwelinye i cala lentambo, enokwazeka ethi: umsonto nomqulu wokubekwa, guqulu, nikisa ngenye indlela.
it is therefore put on against the lay of the rope, which may be memorised thus: worm and parcel with the lay, turn, and serve the other way.

icala elo belithatha iengile engamanqanaba angamashumi amathathi ananye (31?), kodwa inamacala angamashumi amathathu awakhiwe ngokulingana, cala ngalinye lalohlulwe phakathi.
the sector covered an angle of 31° but contained only 30 equal divisions, each of which was halved.