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Western Keres
Noun
kokwimu
- 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)