Datapoint Kriol/Female and male animals

The sex of animals can be differentiated by means of the adjectival nominals boiwan 'male' and gelwan 'female', or by a paraphrase using 'wife' or matha 'mother' for the female animal.

Values

Preposed sex-denoting word

Example 25-8:
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)
Example 25-346:
boiwan ship, gelwan buligi
boi-wan
male-adj
ship,
sheep,
gel-wan
girl-adj
buligi
cattle
ram, heifer

Source: Translators 2010: Nambas 29.2. Labidakas 22.28

Confidence:
Very certain