Two-spirit
//tuːˈspɪɹɪt//
Translations of "two-spirit" (61 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleut | ayagigux̂(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), tayagigux̂(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Alutiiq | aranu'tiq(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Arapaho | haxu'xan(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Arikara | skuxát(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Assiniboine | wįktą(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Atsugewi | brumaiwi(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), yaawa(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Blackfoot | a'yai-kik-ahsi(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), awau-katsik-saki(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), ninauh-oskiti-pahpyaki(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Central Siberian Yupik | anasik(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), uktasik(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Cheyenne | he'émane(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), he'émáné'e(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), hetanémáné'e(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Chiwere | mixo'ge (transvestite or transgender person)(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Cocopa | elha(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), warrhameh(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Cree | êyihkwêw(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), ᐁᔨᐦᑵᐤ(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | eyihkwew | |
| Crow | bate(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Dakota | winkta(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), wiŋkta(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Eastern Keres | kokwima(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Esperanto | duspirita(of, pertaining to, or being a two-spirit), duspiritulo(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Finnish | kahden sielun(involving two spirits; especially, pertaining to the doctrine of dualism), kaksisieluinen(of, pertaining to, or being a two-spirit), kaksisieluinen(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| French | bispirituel(of, pertaining to, or being a two-spirit), bardache(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), berdache(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), bispirituel(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| German | Two-Spirit(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Gros Ventre | athuth(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Hidatsa | miati(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Hopi | hova (quod vide)(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Inuktitut | sipiniq(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), ᓯᐱᓂᖅ(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | sipiniq, sipiniq | |
| Itelmen | koekchuch(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), коекчуч(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | male-bodied, male-bodied | |
| Kansa | míⁿxoge(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Kings River Yokuts | tonoo'tcim(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Klamath-Modoc | t'winiːq(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Ktunaxa | kupatke'tek(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), titqattek(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Kuna | omegiid(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Lakota | wíŋkte(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Luiseño | cuit (Luiseño dialect; male-bodied)(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), kwit (Juaneño dialect; male-bodied)(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Mandan | mihdeke(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Mapudungun | weye(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Maricopa | ilyaxai'(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), kwiraxame'(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Mojave | alyha(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), hwame(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Navajo | nádleeh(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), nádleehé(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Nomlaki | walusa (hermaphrodite)(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Northern Paiute | tüdayapi(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Ojibwe | ikwekaazo(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), ininiikaazo(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Omaha-Ponca | mix'uga(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Pawnee | ckúsaat(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), kúsaat(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Portuguese | dois-espíritos(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Potawatomi | m'netokwe(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Quechua | quariwarmi(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Quileute | yah'wa(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Russian | с двумя́ ду́шами(involving two spirits; especially, pertaining to the doctrine of dualism), бердаш(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | s dvumjá dúšami, berdaš | |
| Southern Tiwa | lhunide(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Southern Valley Yokuts | tonochim(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Spanish | dos espíritus(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Tewa | kwido(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Tlingit | gatxan(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Upper Kuskokwim | angutnguaq(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), aranaruaq(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Ventureño | 'aqi(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Wailaki | clele(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Western Apache | ndéʼsdzan(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Western Keres | kok'we'ma(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), kokwimu(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Yuki | iwap kuti(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), musp-íwap náip(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), í-wa-musp(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), íwap náip/ipnaip(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Yuma | elxa'(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), kwe'rhame(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Yurok | wergern(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), wrgrn(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Zapotec | (ira') muxe(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — | |
| Zuni | katsotse(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), katsotstsi(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), katsotstsi'(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache), lhamana(Native North American gender-variant, bisexual, or homosexual person — see also berdache) | — |
ayagigux̂, tayagigux̂
aranu'tiq
haxu'xan
skuxát
wįktą
brumaiwi, yaawa
a'yai-kik-ahsi, awau-katsik-saki, ninauh-oskiti-pahpyaki
anasik, uktasik
he'émane, he'émáné'e, hetanémáné'e
mixo'ge (transvestite or transgender person)
elha, warrhameh
bate
winkta, wiŋkta
kokwima
duspirita, duspiritulo
kahden sielun, kaksisieluinen, kaksisieluinen
bispirituel, bardache, berdache, bispirituel
Two-Spirit
athuth
miati
hova (quod vide)
míⁿxoge
tonoo'tcim
t'winiːq
kupatke'tek, titqattek
omegiid
wíŋkte
cuit (Luiseño dialect; male-bodied), kwit (Juaneño dialect; male-bodied)
mihdeke
weye
ilyaxai', kwiraxame'
alyha, hwame
nádleeh, nádleehé
walusa (hermaphrodite)
tüdayapi
ikwekaazo, ininiikaazo
mix'uga
ckúsaat, kúsaat
dois-espíritos
m'netokwe
quariwarmi
yah'wa
lhunide
tonochim
dos espíritus
kwido
gatxan
angutnguaq, aranaruaq
'aqi
clele
ndéʼsdzan
kok'we'ma, kokwimu
iwap kuti, musp-íwap náip, í-wa-musp, íwap náip/ipnaip
elxa', kwe'rhame
wergern, wrgrn
(ira') muxe
katsotse, katsotstsi, katsotstsi', lhamana
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