Results for umphongolo translation from Xhosa to English

beka umphongolo kumphantsi wenqanawa ngesivingco sayo
place the cask on its bilge with its bung up.

yindlela yoqhaqho lokususa umphongolo wokuqala kwithala.
this is the operation of removing the first cask from a tier.

umphongolo walo unjengengcwaba elivulekileyo; bonke bephela bangamagorha.
their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

urhashaza phezu kwalo umphongolo, nentshuntshe ebengezelayo, nenkcula.
the quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

umphongolo weenkuni ogcina iigaloni ezimalunga namashumi amathathu nesithandathu.
wooden cask holding about 36 gallons.

umphongolo kufuneka uphakanyiswe kancinci ukwenza indlela yokugqitha isilingi nokujikela.
the cask must first be slightly lifted to make room for passing a sling around it.

ingabambeka, eyonela kumatyayhanga isetyenziselwa kodwa ayisetyenziselwa ekuphoseni umphongolo okanye zonakale ingozi ingenzeka.
can hooks, which fit under the chines, are used for this purpose, but they should not be used to sling a cask, because if its chines are weak or damaged an accident will result.

le nto yenziwa ngokubethwa kwamagubu okanye umphongolo/ifatyi ngaphantsi kwezihlalo esikhepheni de isikhephe sivavanywe kwiyadi yedokisi.
this is done by lashing drums or casks beneath the thwarts until the boat can be tested in a dockyard.

beka umphongolo esiphelweni, dlulisa intambo phantsi uyiphose kunye neziphelo, yenza iqhina ngaphezulu kwalo; vula iqhina uvule macala omabini kwikota usehlela uyiphose, ukutsala okuqinileyo nokugqiba iqhina leseyile ngaphezulu.
place the cask on its end, pass a rope under the cask, and with the ends make an overhand knot on the top of it; then open out the knot and slide the two halves down the sides to a quarter of the way down the cask; haul taut and finish off with a reef knot on the top.