kokwimu
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Western Keres[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
kokwimu
- male-bodied person who adopts (usually as a child, but sometimes later in life) the life and work of a woman, and may take men as partners
Usage notes[edit]
This term is or was historically used in both Acoma and Laguna Pueblo.
See also[edit]
- English: two-spirit
- Eastern Keres: kokwima
References[edit]
- Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men (2010, →ISBN
- American Anthropologist, volume 20 (1918)