Datapoint Michif/Female and male animals

The nouns maal 'male' and fimel 'female' precede the nouns for animals.

enn fimel lyoon 'lioness'
en fimel shevr 'nanny goat'
la fimel zwee 'goose hen'

li mawl shevr 'billy goat'
aen maal shuvreu 'buck'

Some more common farm animals have different lexical terms for the sexes ('horse', 'cow').

Values

Preposed sex-denoting word

Example 75-288:
Li maal shevr niikaaniiw pur lii mutuun.
Li
def.art.m.sg
maal
male
shevr
goat
niikaanii-w
be.ahead-3
pur
for
lii
art.pl
mutuun.
sheep
The billy goat leads the sheep.

Source: Laverdure and Allard 1983: 42

Example 75-289:
Li maal pi la femel karibuu lii korn ayaaweewak.
Li maal pi la femel karibuu lii korn ayaaweewak.
def.art.m.sg male and def.art.f.sg female cariboo have.anim-3-pl
Male and female caribou have antlers.

Source: Laverdure and Allard 1983: 56

Confidence:
Certain