kokwimu
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)