In
case of human nouns, gender is indicated by the attributive
words like póy
‘male’ and lóy
‘female’
Examples
pnóy
teacher
póy
male
male
teacher
pnóy
teacher
lóy
female
female
teacher
If
demonstrative pronouns are used with the nouns, the attributive
words are added to the demonstrative pronouns (or to the
whole noun phrase) and not to the nouns alone. Demonstrative
pronouns also function as demonstrative adjectives.
Examples
1. pnóy
c
póy
That male teacher
teacher
that
male
2. pnóy
sá
lóy
This female teacher
teacher
this
female
In
case of Non-human nouns gender distinction is made by the
attributive words i.e. pó
‘male’ kyù
or p
‘female’. These are added after the nouns whom they refer
to.
Examples
1. f«Ürò
°póN
male dog
dog
male
2. f«Ürò
°kyù
female dog (without kids)
dog
female
3. f«Ürò
°p«$
female dog (having kids)
dog
female
When
attributive words °póN,
°kyù
and °p«$
are used final °
of the nouns is dropped -
Examples
1. fr
pó
f«Ür°póN
2. frò
kyù
f«Ür°kyù
3. frò
p
f«Ü°p«$
kyù
or kyù refers to female animals having no kids of their
own, p
or p
refers to female animals having their own kids.
Gender denoting words like pó
and kyù
can also be used non-attributively.
Examples
1. frò
sá
pó
This dog (is) male
dog
this
male
2. frò
sá
kyù
This dog (is) female
dog
this
female
3. árò
sá
lóy
This child (is) male
child
this
male
Some
Non-human animate nouns do not show any distinction for
gender, such nouns can be grouped under common gender.
Examples
1. wókò
pig
2. frò
dog
3. ms
cow
4. yáksò
monkey
5. ññ
goat
6. sánò
antilope
7. sván
bear
In
case of pronouns, gender distinction takes place in the
third person where gender markers are prefixed to the pronoun
base, the masculine marker is m- and feminine marker is
n-
póy
‘male’ and 
nóy
pó
‘female’. These are added after the nouns whom they refer
to.
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