Results for umsantsa translation from Xhosa to English

umsantsa
trand

ithi ke ihambele phambili kumaza awenza umsantsa.
she then surges ahead in the current of the trough.

phakathi kwala maza kukho umsantsa obude bumalunga nobenqanawa.
between these two waves there is a trough along the length of the ship.

oku kwenziwa ngumakhi wenqanawa owenza umsantsa ongu-v phakathi kwesiphambuka sonxweme kunye nendawo eyomileyo elunxwemeni.
this is done by shipwrights who drive wedges between the heels of the shores and the dock altars.

ukulungisa amatyathanga enqanawa akuleyo izayo, impembelelo yenqanawa edlulayo kwisiphelo somphambili, umsantsa phakathi kwamaza ngemva kwinqanawa elalisileyo, qha igqithwa yenye inje.
assuming the berthed ship lies bows towards the approaching one, the effects of the passing ship's bow wave, trough and stern wave on the berthed ship as they reach and pass her are as follows.

kananjalo ngaphandle kwale nto yonke, phakathi kwethu nani kuthiwe zinzi umsantsa omkhulu, ukuze aba bathanda ukuphumela, besuka apha besiya kuni, bangabi nako; bathi nabalapho, bangabi nakuwelela kuthi.
and beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.