m'netokwe

Potawatomi

Etymology

A compound of m'neto (“supernatural being”), from Proto-Algonquian *maneto·wa (“supernatural being”), and kwe' (“woman”), from Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa (“(young) woman”), because such people were considered to have supernatural spiritual power and wisdom.

Noun

m'netokwe

  1. male-bodied person who lives as a woman and (for example) practices feminine activities such as beadwork

See also

References
  • Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men →ISBN, 2010)
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