winkta

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Dakota[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Lakota wíŋkte.

Noun[edit]

winkta

  1. a two-spirit; a male-bodied person who has a feminine or third-gender/bigender gender role

Usage notes[edit]

  • In the modern era, the term is sometimes applied to male homosexuals as well.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Being Dakota: Tales and Traditions of the Sisseton and Wahpeton
  • Stephen Return Riggs (et al.), A Dakota-English Dictionary
  • Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men →ISBN, 2010)
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