- In 2016 Pontsho Pilane and Lorato Palesa Modongo partnered to write a Setswana dictionary.
- Modongo is a social psychologist and Pilane a journalist, they are both lecturers in their respective fields.
- Taking on the form of transformative ABCs, the dictionary’s terms span from ableism to nonbinary pronoun ze.
Ableism (ist): Kgatelelo le tshotlako ya batho ba ba golafetseng mo mmeleng kgotsa mo tlhaloganyong
Abortion: Tshenyo boimana
Activism: Tiro ya go tlhatlosa le go fetola ditshwanelo tsa batho ka maikaelelo a go tlisa phetogo mo setšhabeng
(Gender) activist: Mofetoladilo mo dikgang le ditiro tse di amanang le bong
(Human rights) activist: Molwela ditshwanelo tsa batho
Body shaming: Nyenyafatso le tshotlo ya mebele ya batho
Body positivity: Netefatso le kgothatso ya mebele e e farologaneng
Cisgender: Motho o bong ba gagwe bo tsamaisanyang le botonanyana kgotsa bonamagadi ba gagwe
Cishet (cisgender heterosexual): Motho o bong ba gagwe bo tsamaisanyang le botonanyana kgotsa bonamagadi ba gagwe gape a nang le kgatlhego mo bathong ba bong bo bo fapaneng le ja gagwe
Domestic violence: Kgokgontso ya mo malapeng
(Gender) equality: Ga ditshwanelo le ditshono tsa batho di sa angwe ke bong ba bona
Femicide: Dipolao tsa bomme/basadi
Feminism: Tumelo mo ditshwanelong le kgololesego ya bomme/basadi
Feminist: Modumedi mo ditshwanelong le kgololesego ya bomme/basadi
Gay: Monna o o ratanang, le go tlhakanela dikobo le banna ba bangwe
Gender: Bong
Heterosexual: Motho o a nang le kgatlhego mo bathong ba bo bong bo bo farologaneng le ja gagwe
Homosexual: Motho o a nang le kgatlhego mo bathong ba bo bong bo tshwanang le ja gagwe
Intersectionality: Thuto ka mokgwa o dikgatelelo tsa letso, bong le maemo di kopanang
Intersex: Motho o tlhakantseng di karolo tsa botonanyana le bonamagadi Intimate partner violence: Kgokgontso ya baratani kgotsa banyalani
(Social) justice: Tlhokokgobelelo e amanang le tlhatloso ya ditshwanelo tsa batho
Kyriarchy: Tsamaiso ya kgobelelo le kgatelelo mo setšhabeng
Lesbian: Mosadi o o ratanang, le go tlhakanela dikobo le basadi ba bangwe
Male privilege: Tlotla e e faphegileng e fiwang banna, fela ka gore ke ba bong joo
Masculinity: Mekgwa le boitshwaro jo bo rileng, e e tsamaisanang le go nna monna mo setšhabeng
Misogynoir: Kgobelelo ya basadi ba bantsho
Misogyny: Kgobelelo ya basadi
Nonbinary (gender nonconforming): Motho o tebego ya gagwe e sa netefatseng bong ba gagwe
Objectification: Go leba, kgotsa go tshwara motho, segolo jang mosadi, jaaka sedirisiwa
Oppression: Kgatelelo
Patriarchy: Tsamaiso kakaretso ya setšhaba, e e fang banna marapo le maatla a go busa le go gatlaka basadi
Privilege: Tlotla e faphegileng e e fiwang setlhopa sengwe sa batho, fela ka gore ba wela mo setlhopheng seo
Queer: Lefoko kakaretso la batho ba ba se nang kgatlhego mo bathong ba bong bo bo fapaneng
Rape culture: Mekgwa e setšhaba se nolofatsang kgonagalo le tiragalo ya petelelo le kgokgontsho e amanang le tsa thobalano
Rape: Petelelo/Thubetso
Sex: Bong go ya ka botonanyana kgotsa bonamagadi
Sexual intercourse: Thobalano, Morobalo
Sex workers: Bagwebi/badiri ka mmele
Street harassment: Äœo leba, kgotsa go tshwara motho, segolo jang mosadi, jaaka sedirisiwa mo pepeneneng
Toxic masculinity: Mekgwa le boitshwaro jo bo bosula, bo bo tsamaisanang le go nna monna mo setšhabeng, mme e nolofatsa kgatelelo ya basadi le banna ba bangwe
Victim blaming: Go tshwaya phoso batswa-setlhabelo ba borukhutli jo bo amanang le petelelo kgotsa kgatatelelo ya basadi
White privilege: Tlotla e e faphegileng e fiwang batho basweu, fela ka gore ke ba letso leo
X (Referring to Mx, pronounced mix): Maemo a a fiwang motho o o tebego ya gagwe e sa netefatseng bong ba gagwe
Ze (A pronoun some nonbinary people use instead of “he†or “sheâ€, pronounced zee): Maemedi a puo ya Setswana, jaaka dipuo tse dingwe tsa batho bantsho, ga a tlhaole batho ka bong*
* Many African languages, including Setswana, don’t have gender-specific pronouns
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