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)