kokwimu

Western Keres

Alternative forms

kok'we'ma

Noun

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

This term is or was historically used in both Acoma and Laguna Pueblo.

See also

English: two-spirit
Eastern Keres: kokwima

References

Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men (2010, →ISBN
American Anthropologist, volume 20 (1918)

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