Meaning of 'twig' in Xhosa is: isetyana

twig: isetyana

Noun:

isiciko, isetyana, igqabi, ukubetha kwentliziyo, isebe, i-ertyisi, lomthi.

Verb:

khangela, qaphela, uluvo, isetyana, ngoyaba, ndeye, isaziso, baziqwalasele, ongenazi-, uphawu.

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Noun(1) a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division
Verb(1) branch out in a twiglike manner(2) understand, usually after some initial difficulty

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(1) On the left side of this specimen, this twig arose as a branch of the vertebral artery, the inferior thyroid artery being absent.(2) She broke a twig from a nearby tree and began poking it into the soft ground in a desperate effort to busy herself.(3) This small twig arises from the thoracic aorta near the right intercostobronchial artery.(4) Mac snapped a small twig from a tree branch and began slowly wandering around the clearing, twisting the stick in his fingers.(5) It's a safe bet that a good many Simpsons buffs snicker at the Comic Book Guy without quite twigging that they are, in fact, laughing at themselves.(6) In many parts of the world, ants set up house in hollow swellings that form on tree twigs or leaves.(7) I ran towards a tree and grabbed some twigs and a branch.(8) Firstly, thanks to her advice I've twigged how to post images via an ftp program and secondly, due to my lack of knowledge, I no longer need a haircut as I've torn most of my hair out during the day.(9) Even snow will bend the smaller twigs mainly in this direction, since these twigs are more or less hanging down from the trees.(10) I should have twigged that it was going to be an exciting ride after the driver twice started to set off, whilst my wife and friend were getting in the car.(11) Oddly, despite his astonishing sense for what is on the radar of pop culture, Fred hasn't quite twigged that its a little hard to create an air of mystery over release dates and album titles when Amazon is already carrying the information.(12) He would talk about anything but dentistry apparatus while I was in the chair - probably because he twigged quite quickly that conversation about dentistry made me cry.(13) A large volume of soil can thus be sampled by analyzing appropriate parts of a tree, such as twigs , needles, leaves, or bark.(14) If you have shrubs grown for their colored twigs , you will want to selectively prune these, too.(15) Sound wave vibrations are absorbed by leaves, branches and twigs of trees and shrubs.(16) But not all shrubs have dormant buds, and these shrubs won't grow new twigs if pruned too severely.