Translations:Gender-variant identities worldwide/66/en
- Name of identity: Akava'ine. According to the Cook Islands Maori dictionary (1995) 'akava'ine comes from the prefix aka ("to be or to behave like") and va'ine ("woman"),[1] or simply, "to behave as a woman".[1][2])
- Culture: Cook Islands Māori
- Era: to present
- Description of sex/gender: AMAB and feminine
- Role in society: work that is traditionally women's work, especially sewing. Some akava'ine take part in the making of tivaevae (quilts), an activity traditionally done by the women of the community.[3]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jasper Buse; Raututi Taringa (1995). Cook Islands Maori Dictionary. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7286-0230-4. Retrieved 27 July 2013. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Kalissa Alexeyeff (2009). Dancing from the Heart: Movement, Gender, and Cook Islands Globalization. University of Hawaii Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8248-3244-5. Retrieved 27 July 2013. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Walter E. Little; Patricia Ann McAnany (16 October 2011). Textile Economies: Power and Value from the Local to the Transnational. Rowman Altamira. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7591-2061-7. Retrieved 27 July 2013. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)