Gender Terminology Booklet

Sesotho sa Leboa Tshiven ḓ a

English butch

Definitions

Xitsonga

ḽ esibieni mvum botshinna ḽ esbieni mvum botshinna

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A lesbian who exhibits a masculine identity.

mosadimonna

xitavanaxisati xa xinuna wansatinavelana wa vununa wansatitsakelana wa vununa

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candle wife

A woman selected by the nation and married off to the royal household for the sole purpose of producing a male child.

timamollo lebone mma setšhaba

mufamakadzi wa dzekiso musadzi wa dzekiso

mavelekahosi matswalahosi

tirelobobotlana vhulondamu ṱ a ikhonominhlayiso

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care economy Looking after the physical, psychological, emotional, and developmental needs of one or more other people.

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care ethics

Ideas concerning both the nature of morality and normative ethical theory. Looking after the physical, psychological, emotional, and developmental needs of one or more other people.

dikgopolo ka ga maitshwaro

vhulondamikhwa vhulondavhu ḓ i fari vhulondolavha thu

matikhome- lonene ya nhlayiso

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care work

tireloleago

ntirhonhlayiso

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Gender Terminology Booklet