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Example 29-231
danser vs. danseres
dans-er
dance-er
vs.
vs.
dans-er-es
dance-er-ess
dancer (m) vs. dancer (f)
Comment:
-es
is a very common feminizing suffix - cf. also
eienaar
('owner') vs.
eienares
('female owner'),
prins
('prince') vs.
prinses
('princess').
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Female and male animals: Sex-denoting suffix
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