Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä

Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

  • UK:
    • IPA: /tuːˈspɪɹɪt/
    • IPA: /ˈtuːˌspɪɹɪt/
Käännös
Substantiivit
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2.
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Adjektiivit
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Määritelmät

Adjektiivit

  1. (of a Native American) Identifying as transgender, or as any of various tribal third genders, rather than as cismale or cisfemale.
  2. (theology) Involving two spirits; especially, pertaining to the doctrine of dualism espoused in the so-called Treatise on the Two Spirits in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Substantiivit

  1. A Native (North) American who is not cismale or cisfemale, but is transgender or belongs to belongs to any of various tribal third genders.

Esimerkit

  • A Hupa two-spirit male told me: ‘I was real feminine as a child, from as early as I can remember.’
  • With this etymology, it should come as no surprise that many Native American gay, lesbian, transgender, and other two-spirit people consider the term ‘berdache’ derogatory.
  • Instead of seeing two-spirit persons as transsexuals who try to make themselves into "the opposite sex", it is more accurate to understand them as individuals who take on a gender status that is different from both men and women.
  • Because of their spiritual powers, sex with a two-spirit was often considered to bring good luck.
  • Paul's grasp of the Spirit as the sign of the erupting messianic age is at odds with the two-spirit thought of Qumran which never became incompatible with law observance.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkotwo-spirits