m'netokwe
Potawatomi edit
Etymology edit
A 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 edit
m'netokwe
- male-bodied person who lives as a woman and (for example) practices feminine activities such as beadwork
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men →ISBN, 2010)