m'netokwe

Potawatomi

Etymology

A compound of m'neto (“supernatural being”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Algonquian *maneto·wa (“supernatural being”), and kwe' (“woman”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa (“(young) woman”), because such people were considered to have supernatural spiritual power and wisdom.

Noun

m'netokwe

1. male-bodied person who lives as a woman and (for example) practices feminine activities such as beadwork

See also

• two-spirit

References

• Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men →ISBN, 2010)