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Value Postposed sex-denoting word
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
Parameter:
Female and male animals
References
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Examples
un elefant
féma
, un elefant
mótx
un
det
elefant
elephant
féma,
female
un
det
elefant
elephant
mótx
male
a female elephant, a bull elephant
Portuguese:
uma elefanta, um elefante
See
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
un txukin
féma
, un txukin
mótx
un
det
txukin
piglet
féma,
female
un
det
txukin
piglet
mótx
male
a female piglet, a male piglet
Portuguese:
uma porquinha, um porquinho
See
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
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