Results for isifombo emqolo translation from Xhosa to English

isifombo emqolo
hump on the back

isifombo
a woman's head

isifombo sendoda
the feminine woman

ayinalo iphiko elifakelwe/elixokonyezelwe emhlana/emqolo.
have no dorsal fin.

ukuqalisa' indoda kwakufuneka ibethwe emqolo ngekheyini okanye ngentsontela emfutshane, oku kwakudla ngokwenziwa liqabane lakhe lebhosans.
starting' a man was to hit him across the back with a rattan cane or short length of rope, usually done by the bosuns mate.

ukuba amakhwenkwe enqanawa ayebanjwe esengxakini ayenokunyanzelwa ukuba 'ancamise intombi yomdubuli'. ayequtyudiswa ngaphaya kwenkanunu aze abethwe ngekheyini emqolo.
if the ship's boys were caught up to trouble they might be made to 'kiss the gunner's daughter'. they were bent over a cannon and caned on the backside.