acault

Meaning

Noun

• A male who has special role in Myanmar folk religion and behaves in a way usually associated with women.

Origin

• A mistranslation of Burmese အခြောက်, from အ + ခြောက်. Apparently introduced before 1987 by Coleman et al. (see quotation below) who had an "inability to speak the local languages" and a "lack of training in anthropology".