ndéʼsdzan

Western Apache

Etymology

ndé (“man”) + isdzán (“woman”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ntéʔstzan]

Noun

ndéʼsdzan

1. male-bodied two-spirit

References

• David F. Greenberg, The Construction of Homosexuality: "The Apache treated berdaches respectfully when they were present, but ridiculd them behind their backs." (citing Smet 1905)
• Jim Elledge (editor), Masquerade: Queer Poetry in America to the End of World War II (→ISBN)