Datapoint Cavite Chabacano/Female and male animals

The sex-denoting suffix -a is marginal. It occurs in e.g. leon, leona 'lion, lioness', but these can be considered lexicalized loans from Spanish.

Values

Postposed sex-denoting word

Example 45-158:
Mas bonito el pavo hombre que el (pavo) mujer.
Mas
more
bonito
beautiful
el
def
pavo
turkey
hombre
man
que
than
el
def
(pavo)
(turkey)
mujer.
woman
The male turkey is more beautiful than the female.
Spanish: El pavo es más bonito que la pava.

Source: Escalante 2005: 134

Example 45-160:
caballo, caballo mujer
caballo,
horse
caballo
horse
mujer
woman
horse, mare

Source: Llamado 1972: 71

Confidence:
Certain