winkte
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German [edit]
Verb [edit]
winkte
- First-person singular preterite of winken.
- Third-person singular preterite of winken.
- First-person singular subjunctive II of winken.
- Third-person singular subjunctive II of winken.
Lakota [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Derives from an old Lakota word, winyanktehca, that contracted through long use.
Noun [edit]
winkte
- A "two-souls-person" or more directly, "to be as a woman" and applies to male-bodied individuals. A gender-variant male-bodied individual in Lakota Sioux culture.
References [edit]
- Winyanktehca: Two-souls person by Dr. NapéWastéWiñ
- Directions in Gender Research in American Indian Societies: Two Spirits and Other Categories by Beatrice Medicine
