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roof
ukuphahla

fit the roof of the pilothouse with an escape hatch.
fakela isivalo sokubaleka kwiphahla lwendlu kumalatha-ndlela.

and before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
engekalali amadoda, yenyuka yona yaya kuwo phezu kwendlu; yathi kuloo madoda,

the nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
ilizwi leenganga lazimela, nolwimi lwazo lwanamathela ekhuhlangubeni azo,

when constructing snow shelters, adequate ventilation holes in the roof and at ground level must be provided and kept open.
xa usakha isikhuseli sekhephu, iminxuma yokungenisa nokukhupha umoya eyaneleyo kwiphahla kwakunye nomlungelelwano womhlaba kufuneka ubonelelwe kwaye ngcinwe uvuliwe.

on the roof of the pilothouse is no good either because in a heavy sea and resulting heavy rolling, it is almost impossible to free it from its retainer by hand.
eluphahleni lwendlu lomqhubi nqwelo moya akulunganga nako kuba kulwandle olunzima ekhokelela okanye eneziphumo zokubhukuqa, kunzima ukuyikhulula kumbambisi wayo ngesandla.

he measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
walinganisa isango, ethabathela eluphahleni lwamagumbi okulinda, esa eluphahleni lwamanye; laba ziikubhite ezimashumi mabini anantlanu ububanzi; umnyango ulunge nomnyango.

the tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
ulwimi losebeleni lunamathela ekhuhlangubeni lakhe linxano; abantwana bacela isonka, akukho ubaphulelayo.

a roof like canopy of canvas suspended above a vessel's decks, bridges, etc., for protection against sun and weather.
uphahla, lwelaphu leseyile olunjengesigubungelo oluphezu kwemigangatho yenqanawe, iibhulorho, njl, ukuze ikhuseleke elangeni nakwimo-zulu.