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Omaha-Ponca
Etymology
Literally "instructed by the moon", from mi (“moon”) + xu'ga (“instruct”). Compare Chiwere mixo'ge.
Noun
mix'uga
- a male-bodied person who dresses and lives as a woman, sometimes taking men as partners
- a hermaphrodite (animal) or intersex (person) (in compounds)
- ʇe-miⁿquga — hermaphrodite buffalo
See also
References
- A Study of Siouan Cults : Moon and Stars as Wakandas, in the Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-'90 (publishe 1894)