Datapoint Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago (acrolect (close to Portuguese))/Gender agreement of adnominal adjectives

In acrolectal varieties adnominal adjectives may agree (-a instead of -u) with the female sex of the person designated by the noun or even - exceptionally - with the gender of the Portuguese etymon of a noun designating an inanimate.

Values

Only few adjectives agree with the noun

Example 30-87:
un minina bunita, uns minina bunita
un=minina
art.indf.sg=girl
bunita,
beautiful
uns=minina
art.indf.pl=girl
bunita
beautiful
a beautiful girl, some beautiful girls
Portuguese: uma menina bonita, umas meninas bonitas

Source: Baptista 2002: 66

Example 30-88:
Ta ben un pádri di kápa bránka.
Ta=ben
ipfv=come
un=pádri
art.indf.sg=priest
di=kápa
of=robe
bránka.
white
A priest with a white robe will come.

Source: Baptista 2002: 67

Confidence:
Certain