kokwimu

Western Keres

Alternative forms

  • kok'we'ma

Noun

kokwimu

  1. 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

This term is or was historically used in both Acoma and Laguna Pueblo.

See also

References

  • Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men (2010, →ISBN
  • American Anthropologist, volume 20 (1918)
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