kokwima

Eastern Keres

Noun

kokwima

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)

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