muxe
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English
Noun
muxe (plural muxes)
- In Zapotec cultures of Oaxaca, a male-assigned person who dresses and acts in a feminine manner, and may be regarded as a third gender.
- 1985 August 10, Kate Raisz, “The Gay Mushes”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 5, page 10:
- At the back of the file, walking proudly, wearing a new pantsuit and a fresh in his hair, was a mushe. Though I was surprised to see him, no one else batted an eye. He was clearly just another part of the women's procession.
Alternative forms
Galician
Etymology 1
Back-formation from the plural muxes, itself from the medieval mugees, from mugel, from Latin mūgil.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
muxe m (plural muxes)
- mullet
- 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:
- Iten a libra dos corvelos et mugees et robalos et robaliças et reos et vesugos et douradas a quatro dineiros cada libra
- Item, the pound of young pollacks and of mullets and of basses and of young basses and of sea trouts and of seabreams and of gilt-head breams , four diñeiros each pound
- Iten a libra dos corvelos et mugees et robalos et robaliças et reos et vesugos et douradas a quatro dineiros cada libra
- 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mugees”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “muxe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “muxe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “muxe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
muxe
Zapotec
Alternative forms
- ira' muxe
Noun
muxe
- male-bodied person who acts feminine and/or is homosexual
See also
References
- Larry P. Gross, James D. Woods, The Columbia Reader on Lesbians and Gay Men in Media →ISBN, 1999)