wįktą

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Assiniboine

Alternative forms

  • wį́kta / winktan / wiⁿktaⁿ'

Noun

wįktą

  1. two-spirit; male-bodied person who dresses and lives as a woman

References

  • the American Indian Studies Research Institute's Assiniboine Dictionary
  • Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men (2010, →ISBN, page 146
  • Robert Harry Lowie, The Assiniboine (1909/1910)