Gender Terminology Booklet

Sesotho sa Leboa Tshiven ḓ a

English

Definitions

Xitsonga

430 vulnerable groups

Groups of people who due to factors usually considered outside their control do not have the same opportunities as other more fortunate groups in society. A woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not married again. A practice where a widow is married to a male relative of her late husband, with no regard to the man’s character. A man who has lost his spouse by death and has not married again. A person thought to have magic powers, especially evil ones, popularly depicted as wearing a black cloak and pointed hat and flying on a broomstick.

dihlopha tša go ba kotsing

zwigwadatshaya nungo zwigwadatsha yavhu ḓ ipileli

mitlawa ya nkansirheleleko

431 widow

mohlologadi mohwana

tshilikadzi

noni

432 widow

lefa la mohlolog adi

vhumalwat shi ḓ in ḓ a

ndzhaka ya noni

inheritance

433 widower

mohlolo

munnamufelwa nguluve

434 witch

moloi

muloi

noyi

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Gender Terminology Booklet