wíŋkte
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See also: winkte
Lakota[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- wíŋkta, winkte
Etymology[edit]
From wíŋyaŋ (“woman”) + kta (“will, want, intend”), the sense being something like "will be / wants to be / intends to be a woman". Compare Dakota winkta.
Noun[edit]
wíŋkte
- a two-spirit; a male-bodied person who has a feminine or third-gender/bigender gender role and is regarded as having special spiritual talents
- (in more recent usage) a gay man
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- New Lakota Online Dictionary
- New Lakota Dictionary, second edition