Datapoint Seychelles Creole/Female and male animals

The word bourik refers to both sexes, but one can distinguish the two sexes by adding femel and mal.
For some frequent animals we get lexicalized expressions, e.g. mimi 'female cat', matou 'male cat', vas 'cow', toro 'bull'.

Values

Preposed sex-denoting word

Example 56-221:
en femel bourik
en
a
femel
female
bourik
donkey
a female donkey

Source: St Jorre and Lionnet 1999: s.v.

Example 56-222:
en mal bourik
en
a
mal
male
bourik
donkey
a male donkey

Source: St Jorre and Lionnet 1999: 196

Confidence:
Very certain