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Example 29-230
leeumannetjie vs. leeuwyfie
leeu-man-netjie
lion-man-
dim
vs.
vs.
leeu-wyf-ie
lion-wife-
dim
lion vs. lioness
Comment:
This is the more common form (cf. Example 229).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Female and male animals: Postposed sex-denoting word
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