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Example 32-199
leão/leoa
leão/leoa
lion/lioness
lion/lioness
Portuguese:
leão/leoa
Comment:
This pair (similar to
tigre - tigrésa
'male tiger - female tiger') could be considered a lexicalized loan from Portuguese.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
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