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Potawatomi
Etymology
A compound of m'neto (“supernatural being”) (from Proto-Algonquian *maneto·wa (“supernatural being”)) + kwe' (“woman”) (from Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa (“(young) woman”)), because such people were considered to have supernatural spiritual power and wisdom.
Noun
m'netokwe
- male-bodied person who lives as a woman and (for example) practices feminine activities such as beadwork
See also
Further reading
- Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men →ISBN, 2010)