kokwima

Eastern Keres

Noun

kokwima

1. 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

This term is or was historically used in San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Santa Ana Pueblo.

See also

• English: two-spirit
• Western Keres: kokwimu

References

• Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men (2010, →ISBN
• Sue-Ellen Jacobs, Wesley Thomas, Sabine Lang, Two-spirit people: Native American gender identity (1997)