gendered person 'akava'ine http://homosaurus.org/v2/akavaine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akava%27ine https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0000035 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4700377 A term used in the eastern Polynesian language Cook Islands Māori; sometimes translated as "behave(s) like a woman". Contemporarily, it may also refer to gender-variant or transgender persons, usually transgender women. Akava'ine akava'ine Oceanian culturally-specific gender identity MVPFAFF LGBTQIA+ Immigrants & Internationals: Cultural Resources for Service Providers in Allegheny County