emele² female: used to specify the gender of an ambiguous noun / [...]

Part of Speech	adjective
Phonetic Form	emele
Tanema Equivalent	mee
Lovono Equivalent	neme

1. • female: used to specify the gender of an ambiguous noun

   Syntactic Restriction	attribute to another noun
   Typical Subject	animal, hum
   (Part of) Antonym (for)	mwalikote

   • • Example 686:
       

       pwoi emele

       a sow [a female swine]

     • Example 687:
       

       leka emele

       female cousin

     • Example 688:
       

       menu emele ie teliki

       the chief’s daughter [lit. female child]

2. • female, fertile variety of certain plants

   Typical Subject	plant
   Sense Comment	rare

   • • Example 689:
       

       tenubopu emele

       'female' pawpaw (carrying fruit)

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • emele¹ female; girl, woman / wife