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Value Preposed sex-denoting word
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Female and male animals
Examples
boiwan ship, gelwan buligi
boi-wan
male-
adj
ship,
sheep,
gel-wan
girl-
adj
buligi
cattle
ram, heifer
See
Translators 2010
: Nambas 29.2. Labidakas 22.28
bla big goana waif
bla
dat
/
poss
big
big
goana
goanna
waif
wife
the female ('wife') of the big goanna (which has a different name from the male)
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