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Female and male animals
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Postposed sex-denoting word Frequency: 45.5%
Example 29-230:
leeumannetjie vs. leeuwyfie
leeu-man-netjie
lion-man-
dim
vs.
vs.
leeu-wyf-ie
lion-wife-
dim
lion vs. lioness
Confidence:
Very certain
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Preposed sex-denoting word Frequency: 27.3%
Example 29-229:
mannetjie(s)leeu vs. wyfieleeu
man-netjie-(s)-leeu
man-
dim
-(s)-lion
vs.
vs.
wyf-ie-leeu
wife-
dim
-lion
male lion vs. lioness
Confidence:
Very certain
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Sex-denoting suffix Frequency: 27.3%
Example 29-231:
danser vs. danseres
dans-er
dance-er
vs.
vs.
dans-er-es
dance-er-ess
dancer (m) vs. dancer (f)
Example 29-232:
bakker vs. bakster
bak-er
bake-er
vs.
vs.
bak-ster
bake-
f
.er
baker (m) vs. baker (f)
Example 29-233:
eggenoot vs. eggenote
eggenoot
spouse
vs
vs.
eggenot-e
spouse-
f
spouse (male) vs. spouse (female)
Example 29-234:
god vs. godin
god
god
vs.
vs.
god-in
god-
f
god vs. goddess
Example 29-243:
leeu, leeuin
leeu,
lion,
leeu-in
lion-
f
lion, lioness
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Language:
Afrikaans
Feature:
Female and male animals
Source:
Own knowledge
Donaldson 1993
: 96-97
;
Ponelis 1993
: 539
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