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m'netokwe

m'netokwe

Potawatomi

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 0292777957, 2010)

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.

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