wíŋkte

See also: winkte

Lakota

Alternative forms

• wíŋkta, winkte

Etymology

From wíŋyaŋ (“woman”) + kta (“will, want, intend”), the sense being something like "will be / wants to be / intends to be a woman". Compare Dakota winkta.

Noun

wíŋkte

1. a two-spirit; a male-bodied person who has a feminine or third-gender/bigender gender role and is regarded as having special spiritual talents
2. (in more recent usage) a gay man

See also

• two-spirit

References

• New Lakota Online Dictionary
• New Lakota Dictionary, second edition