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nonesuch 52

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nonesuch 52: a divine gender (for nouns for gods, saints, comets, and other supernatural referents), contrasting with masculine, feminine, animal, and inanimate genders

Where found
Jicaltepec Mixtec (Oto-Manguean)
Domain
morphology: inflection
Subdomain
categories and their domains: gender, respect
Keywords
gender, noun
Type
nonesuch
Universals violated
none
Source
Bradley, C. Henry (1970). A Linguistic Sketch of Jicaltepec Mixtec. (Summer Institute of Linguistics Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields, 25.) Norman, Okl.: Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma.