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Female and male animals
Residual forms like nèg/nègrès can be heard from old speakers.
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Preposed sex-denoting word
Example 52-124:
manman poul, fimèl chat
manman
mother
poul,
hen
fimèl
female
chat
cat
hen, cat
Example 52-125:
mouché chyen, mal chyen
mouché
mister
chyen,
dog
mal
male
chyen
dog
male dog
Source:
Fauquenoy 1972
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Guyanais
by
Stefan Pfänder
cite
Language:
Guyanais
Feature:
Female and male animals
Source:
Own knowledge
Fauquenoy 1972
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