Datapoint Ternate Chabacano/Gender agreement of adnominal adjectives

Sometimes the Spanish-derived feminine forms are used when referring to feminine sex, e.g. boníta muhér 'beautiful lady', but this is limited to a small number of adjectives and is not productive. Also religious names, such as semana santa 'holy week (Easter)' and espiritu santo 'holy spirit' have gender agreement of adjectives.

Values

Only few adjectives agree with the noun

Example 44-84:
boníta muhér - boníto ómbri
boníta
beautiful
muhér
woman
-
-
boníto
handsome
ómbri
man
beautiful woman - handsome man
Example 44-85:
ung guapa mujer
ung
indf
guapa
beautiful
mujer
woman
a beautiful woman

Source: Nigoza 2007: 18

Confidence:
Certain