ndéʼsdzan

Western Apache

Etymology

ndé (“man”) + isdzán (“woman”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ntéʔstzan]

Noun

ndéʼsdzan

  1. male-bodied two-spirit

References
  • David F. Greenberg, The Construction of Homosexuality: "The Apache treated berdaches respectfully when they were present, but ridiculd them behind their backs." (citing Smet 1905)
  • Jim Elledge (editor), Masquerade: Queer Poetry in America to the End of World War II (→ISBN)
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