wíŋkte

See also: winkte

Lakota

Alternative forms

Etymology

From wíŋyaŋ (“woman”) + kta (“will, want, intend”), the sense being something like "will be / wants to be / intends to be a woman". Compare Dakota winkta.

Noun

wíŋkte

  1. a two-spirit; a male-bodied person who has a feminine or third-gender/bigender gender role and is regarded as having special spiritual talents
  2. (in more recent usage) a gay man

See also

References
  • New Lakota Online Dictionary
  • New Lakota Dictionary, second edition
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