Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
Tyakutyik. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
Tyakutyik, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
Tyakutyik in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
Tyakutyik you have here. The definition of the word
Tyakutyik will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
Tyakutyik, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Alutiiq
Etymology
Literally "what kind of people are these two?".
Proper noun
Tyakutyik
- a given name, attested as a name of one two-spirit, and one cisgender woman
References
- Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men (2010, →ISBN, page 113:
- The aranu'tiq of the Chugach Eskimo probably did not wear women's clothes, but rather men's clothes — or at least mixed costume. Birket-Smith's (1953) consultant mentioned such persons, who were said to be male on one side of their bodies and female on the other side. One aranu'tiq known to this consultant did the work of both sexes with great skill and carried the descriptive personal name "What Kind of People Are These Two?" (Tyakutyik, Birket-Smith 1953:94; this name, however, was also given to a chieftain's daughter in the village of Chenega, who was not an aranu'tiq; 1953:94).