m'netokwe
Potawatomi
editEtymology
editA compound of m'neto (“supernatural being”) (from Proto-Algonquian *maneto·wa (“supernatural being”)) + kwe' (“woman”) (from Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa (“(young) woman”)), because such people were considered to have supernatural spiritual power and wisdom.
Noun
editm'netokwe
- male-bodied person who lives as a woman and (for example) practices feminine activities such as beadwork
See also
editFurther reading
edit- Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men →ISBN, 2010)