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75.14.221.154: /* The Chart */ +dust & powder (jer)

2008-07-12T07:19:47Z

The Chart: +dust & powder (jer)

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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="fem" \| la poussière		\| class="fem" \| la poussière
	\| class="nogender~~" rowspan="2~~" \|		\| class="nogender" \| la poussiéthe; l'ponsi
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
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	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| piuere		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| piuere
	\|-		\|-
	\| class="fem" \| la poudre		\| class="fem" \| la poudre \| class="fem" \| la poudre
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" \| end		\|style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" \| end

75.14.221.154: /* The Chart */ +work (Jèrriais)

2008-07-12T07:09:32Z

The Chart: +work (Jèrriais)

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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="masc" \| le labeur		\| class="masc" \| le labeur
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| l'boulais
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|

75.14.221.154: /* The Chart */ +pain (jer)

2008-07-12T07:04:25Z

The Chart: +pain (jer)

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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la douleur		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la douleur
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la douleu
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|

75.15.204.227: /* The Chart */

2008-04-19T13:10:54Z

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	\| class="fem" \| l'araignée (''fem'')		\| class="fem" \| l'araignée (''fem'')
	\| class="masc" \| l'pêtre		\| class="masc" \| l'pêtre <ref name=''pêtre''>I believe this was borrowed from Breton.</ref>
	\|		\|
	\|		\|

75.15.204.227: /* The Chart */ Norman stuff

2008-04-19T13:07:16Z

The Chart: Norman stuff

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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| l'oreille (''fem'')		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| l'oreille (''fem'')
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \|l'ouothelle (''fem'')
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|orêle (?)
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="masc" \| l'orecchio (''masc'')<ref name="orecchio"> This is one of several irregular plural formations in Italian. More common irregular formations in Italian appear with a masculine singular noun ending in ''-o,'' which changes to a feminine noun in the plural with its ending in ''-a''. Examples of these "plurali irregolari" are: ''il braccio-le braccia, il ciglio-le ciglia, il labbro-le labbra, l'uovo (m)-le uova, il dito-le dita, il riso-le risa ('laughter'), l'osso (m)-le ossa, il ginocchio-le ginocchia, ''etc. Interestingly enough, Polinsky and Van Everbroek inform us that ''lèvre'' in Old French was variable - sometimes masculine, sometimes feminine - while, in modern French, ''lèvre'' 'lip' is feminine (“Development of Gender Classifications: Modeling the Historical Change from Latin to French”, <u>Language</u>, 79.2 (Jun., 2003): 356-90). It should be further noted that ''la deda'' in dialectal Spanish (the feminine of ''el dedo'' 'the finger') refers to the thumb. This structure, along with more common/acceptable variants such as ''il brazo/la braza'' 'the arm/the fathom' (both singular grammatically and semantically) and other such pairs, demonstrates the way in which Spanish deals with the loss of the neuter, as well as semantic differences regarding size. This is discussed more thoroughly in Werner Wandersleben's article "Sobre el Femenino Aumentativo", in <u>RLA</u>, 19 (1981), 9-18.</ref>		\| class="masc" \| l'orecchio (''masc'')<ref name="orecchio"> This is one of several irregular plural formations in Italian. More common irregular formations in Italian appear with a masculine singular noun ending in ''-o,'' which changes to a feminine noun in the plural with its ending in ''-a''. Examples of these "plurali irregolari" are: ''il braccio-le braccia, il ciglio-le ciglia, il labbro-le labbra, l'uovo (m)-le uova, il dito-le dita, il riso-le risa ('laughter'), l'osso (m)-le ossa, il ginocchio-le ginocchia, ''etc. Interestingly enough, Polinsky and Van Everbroek inform us that ''lèvre'' in Old French was variable - sometimes masculine, sometimes feminine - while, in modern French, ''lèvre'' 'lip' is feminine (“Development of Gender Classifications: Modeling the Historical Change from Latin to French”, <u>Language</u>, 79.2 (Jun., 2003): 356-90). It should be further noted that ''la deda'' in dialectal Spanish (the feminine of ''el dedo'' 'the finger') refers to the thumb. This structure, along with more common/acceptable variants such as ''il brazo/la braza'' 'the arm/the fathom' (both singular grammatically and semantically) and other such pairs, demonstrates the way in which Spanish deals with the loss of the neuter, as well as semantic differences regarding size. This is discussed more thoroughly in Werner Wandersleben's article "Sobre el Femenino Aumentativo", in <u>RLA</u>, 19 (1981), 9-18.</ref>
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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| le pont		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| le pont
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \|l'pont
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la punt		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la punt
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	\| class="fem" \| la dent<ref name=dent>According to Rohlfs 1979, this phenomenon can be explained thusly: ''la dent'' developed as a feminine noun due to the influence of MOLA 'molar' and was reinforced by the feminine MENS, MENTIS, which has the same structure in the declension paradigm.</ref>		\| class="fem" \| la dent<ref name=dent>According to Rohlfs 1979, this phenomenon can be explained thusly: ''la dent'' developed as a feminine noun due to the influence of MOLA 'molar' and was reinforced by the feminine MENS, MENTIS, which has the same structure in the declension paradigm.</ref>
	\|		\| class="fem" \| la dent
	\|		\| class="fem" \| la dent
	\|		\|
	\| class="masc" \| il dente		\| class="masc" \| il dente
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	\| class="masc" \| le pouce		\| class="masc" \| le pouce
	\|		\| class="masc" \| l'pouce <ref name=pouce>This is almost certainly a borrowing from French; "pouoche" is the expected Jèrriais form</ref>
	\|		\| pouoche (?)<ref name=pouoche>"Ou"(/u/) would be expected here, instead of "ouo" (/wo/).</ref>
	\| class="masc" \| il polesch		\| class="masc" \| il polesch
	\| class="masc" \| il pollice		\| class="masc" \| il pollice
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	\| class="masc" \| le sel		\| class="masc" \| le sel
	\|		\| class="masc" \| l'sé
	\|		\| saé (?)
	\| class="masc" \| il sal		\| class="masc" \| il sal
	\| class="masc" \| il sale		\| class="masc" \| il sale
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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la fin		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la fin
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \|la fin
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \|la fin
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la fin		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la fin
	\| class="fem" \| la fine		\| class="fem" \| la fine
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	\| class="fem" \| l'origine (''fem'')		\| class="fem" \| l'origine (''fem'')
	\|		\|
	\|		\| l'origine (?)
	\|		\|
	\| class="fem" \| l'origine (''fem'')		\| class="fem" \| l'origine (''fem'')
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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| le miel		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| le miel
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| l'myi
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| le mié
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| il miele		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| il miele
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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la glace		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la glace
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la gliaiche
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la gllèche
	\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| il glatsch		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| il glatsch
	\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| il ghiaccio		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| il ghiaccio
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	\| class="masc" \| le paysage		\| class="masc" \| le paysage
	\|		\| class="masc" \| l'paysage
	\|		\|
	\|		\|

75.15.204.227: /* The Chart */

2008-04-19T12:36:16Z

The Chart

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	\| class="masc" \| le voyage		\| class="masc" \| le voyage
	\|		\| class="masc" \| l'viage
	\|		\|
	\|		\|

Hannahbw: /* The Chart */

2008-04-15T22:04:54Z

The Chart

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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="masc" \| l'orecchio (''masc'')<ref name="orecchio"> This is one of several irregular plural formations in Italian. More common irregular formations in Italian appear with a masculine singular noun ending in -o, which changes to a feminine noun in the plural with its ending in -a. Examples of these "plurali irregolari" are: ''il braccio-le braccia, il ciglio-le ciglia, il labbro-le labbra, l'uovo (m)-le uova, il dito-le dita, il riso-le risa ('laughter'), l'osso (m)-le ossa, il ginocchio-le ginocchia, ''etc. Interestingly enough, Polinsky and Van Everbroek inform us that ''lèvre'' in Old French was variable - sometimes masculine, sometimes feminine - while, in modern French, ''lèvre'' 'lip' is feminine (“Development of Gender Classifications: Modeling the Historical Change from Latin to French”, <u>Language</u>, 79.2 (Jun., 2003): 356-90). It should be further noted that ''la deda'' in dialectal Spanish (the feminine of ''el dedo'' 'the finger') refers to the thumb. This structure, along with more common/acceptable variants such as ''il brazo/la braza'' 'the arm/the fathom' (both singular grammatically and semantically) and other such pairs, demonstrates the way in which Spanish deals with the loss of the neuter, as well as semantic differences regarding size. This is discussed more thoroughly in Werner Wandersleben's article "Sobre el Femenino Aumentativo", in <u>RLA</u>, 19 (1981), 9-18.</ref>		\| class="masc" \| l'orecchio (''masc'')<ref name="orecchio"> This is one of several irregular plural formations in Italian. More common irregular formations in Italian appear with a masculine singular noun ending in ''-o,'' which changes to a feminine noun in the plural with its ending in ''-a''. Examples of these "plurali irregolari" are: ''il braccio-le braccia, il ciglio-le ciglia, il labbro-le labbra, l'uovo (m)-le uova, il dito-le dita, il riso-le risa ('laughter'), l'osso (m)-le ossa, il ginocchio-le ginocchia, ''etc. Interestingly enough, Polinsky and Van Everbroek inform us that ''lèvre'' in Old French was variable - sometimes masculine, sometimes feminine - while, in modern French, ''lèvre'' 'lip' is feminine (“Development of Gender Classifications: Modeling the Historical Change from Latin to French”, <u>Language</u>, 79.2 (Jun., 2003): 356-90). It should be further noted that ''la deda'' in dialectal Spanish (the feminine of ''el dedo'' 'the finger') refers to the thumb. This structure, along with more common/acceptable variants such as ''il brazo/la braza'' 'the arm/the fathom' (both singular grammatically and semantically) and other such pairs, demonstrates the way in which Spanish deals with the loss of the neuter, as well as semantic differences regarding size. This is discussed more thoroughly in Werner Wandersleben's article "Sobre el Femenino Aumentativo", in <u>RLA</u>, 19 (1981), 9-18.</ref>
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| orija		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| orija
	\|-		\|-

Hannahbw: /* The Chart */

2008-04-15T22:03:58Z

The Chart

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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="masc" \| l'orecchio (''masc'')<ref name="orecchio"> This is one of several irregular plural formations in Italian. More common irregular formations in Italian appear with a masculine singular noun ending in -o, which changes to a feminine noun in the plural with its ending in -a. Examples of these "plurali irregolari" are: il braccio-le braccia, il ciglio-le ciglia, il labbro-le labbra, l'uovo (m)-le uova, il dito-le dita, il riso-le risa ('laughter'), l'osso (m)-le ossa, il ginocchio-le ginocchia, etc. Interestingly enough, Polinsky and Van Everbroek inform us that ''lèvre'' in Old French was variable - sometimes masculine, sometimes feminine - while, in modern French, ''lèvre'' 'lip' is feminine (“Development of Gender Classifications: Modeling the Historical Change from Latin to French”, <u>Language</u>, 79.2 (Jun., 2003): 356-90). It should be further noted that ''la deda'' in dialectal Spanish (the feminine of ''el dedo'' 'the finger') refers to the thumb. This structure, along with more common/acceptable variants such as ''il brazo/la braza'' 'the arm/the fathom' (both singular grammatically and semantically) and other such pairs, demonstrates the way in which Spanish deals with the loss of the neuter, as well as semantic differences regarding size. This is discussed more thoroughly in Werner Wandersleben's article "Sobre el Femenino Aumentativo", in <u>RLA</u>, 19 (1981), 9-18.</ref>		\| class="masc" \| l'orecchio (''masc'')<ref name="orecchio"> This is one of several irregular plural formations in Italian. More common irregular formations in Italian appear with a masculine singular noun ending in -o, which changes to a feminine noun in the plural with its ending in -a. Examples of these "plurali irregolari" are: ''il braccio-le braccia, il ciglio-le ciglia, il labbro-le labbra, l'uovo (m)-le uova, il dito-le dita, il riso-le risa ('laughter'), l'osso (m)-le ossa, il ginocchio-le ginocchia, ''etc. Interestingly enough, Polinsky and Van Everbroek inform us that ''lèvre'' in Old French was variable - sometimes masculine, sometimes feminine - while, in modern French, ''lèvre'' 'lip' is feminine (“Development of Gender Classifications: Modeling the Historical Change from Latin to French”, <u>Language</u>, 79.2 (Jun., 2003): 356-90). It should be further noted that ''la deda'' in dialectal Spanish (the feminine of ''el dedo'' 'the finger') refers to the thumb. This structure, along with more common/acceptable variants such as ''il brazo/la braza'' 'the arm/the fathom' (both singular grammatically and semantically) and other such pairs, demonstrates the way in which Spanish deals with the loss of the neuter, as well as semantic differences regarding size. This is discussed more thoroughly in Werner Wandersleben's article "Sobre el Femenino Aumentativo", in <u>RLA</u>, 19 (1981), 9-18.</ref>
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| orija		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| orija
	\|-		\|-

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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| l'albero (''masc'')		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| l'albero (''masc'')
	\| class="fem" \| árbures<ref name=''arbures''>This noun appears in Gerhard Rohlf's article "Aspects du latin vulgaire examiné à travers la géographie linguistique", published in <u>Travaux de Linguistique et de ~~Litterature~~</u>, 17.1 (1979).</ref>		\| class="fem" \| árbures<ref name=''arbures''>This noun appears in Gerhard Rohlf's article "Aspects du latin vulgaire examiné à travers la géographie linguistique", published in <u>Travaux de Linguistique et de Littérature</u>, 17.1 (1979).</ref>
	\|-		\|-
	\| class="masc" \| a(l/r)bure		\| class="masc" \| a(l/r)bure

140.233.137.183: /* The Chart */

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The Chart

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	\|style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" \| labor, task, ploughing		\|style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" \| labor, task, ploughing
	\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| labor, ~~laboris~~ (''3m'')		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| labor, labōris (''3m'')
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| o lavouro		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| o lavouro

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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="fem" \| la poussière		\| class="fem" \| la poussière
	\| class="nogender~~" rowspan="2~~" \|		\| class="nogender" \| la poussiéthe; l'ponsi
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
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	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| piuere		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| piuere
	\|-		\|-
	\| class="fem" \| la poudre		\| class="fem" \| la poudre \| class="fem" \| la poudre
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" \| end		\|style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" \| end

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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="masc" \| le labeur		\| class="masc" \| le labeur
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| l'boulais
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|

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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la douleur		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la douleur
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la douleu
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|

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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| l'oreille (''fem'')		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| l'oreille (''fem'')
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \|l'ouothelle (''fem'')
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|orêle (?)
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="masc" \| l'orecchio (''masc'')<ref name="orecchio"> This is one of several irregular plural formations in Italian. More common irregular formations in Italian appear with a masculine singular noun ending in ''-o,'' which changes to a feminine noun in the plural with its ending in ''-a''. Examples of these "plurali irregolari" are: ''il braccio-le braccia, il ciglio-le ciglia, il labbro-le labbra, l'uovo (m)-le uova, il dito-le dita, il riso-le risa ('laughter'), l'osso (m)-le ossa, il ginocchio-le ginocchia, ''etc. Interestingly enough, Polinsky and Van Everbroek inform us that ''lèvre'' in Old French was variable - sometimes masculine, sometimes feminine - while, in modern French, ''lèvre'' 'lip' is feminine (“Development of Gender Classifications: Modeling the Historical Change from Latin to French”, <u>Language</u>, 79.2 (Jun., 2003): 356-90). It should be further noted that ''la deda'' in dialectal Spanish (the feminine of ''el dedo'' 'the finger') refers to the thumb. This structure, along with more common/acceptable variants such as ''il brazo/la braza'' 'the arm/the fathom' (both singular grammatically and semantically) and other such pairs, demonstrates the way in which Spanish deals with the loss of the neuter, as well as semantic differences regarding size. This is discussed more thoroughly in Werner Wandersleben's article "Sobre el Femenino Aumentativo", in <u>RLA</u>, 19 (1981), 9-18.</ref>		\| class="masc" \| l'orecchio (''masc'')<ref name="orecchio"> This is one of several irregular plural formations in Italian. More common irregular formations in Italian appear with a masculine singular noun ending in ''-o,'' which changes to a feminine noun in the plural with its ending in ''-a''. Examples of these "plurali irregolari" are: ''il braccio-le braccia, il ciglio-le ciglia, il labbro-le labbra, l'uovo (m)-le uova, il dito-le dita, il riso-le risa ('laughter'), l'osso (m)-le ossa, il ginocchio-le ginocchia, ''etc. Interestingly enough, Polinsky and Van Everbroek inform us that ''lèvre'' in Old French was variable - sometimes masculine, sometimes feminine - while, in modern French, ''lèvre'' 'lip' is feminine (“Development of Gender Classifications: Modeling the Historical Change from Latin to French”, <u>Language</u>, 79.2 (Jun., 2003): 356-90). It should be further noted that ''la deda'' in dialectal Spanish (the feminine of ''el dedo'' 'the finger') refers to the thumb. This structure, along with more common/acceptable variants such as ''il brazo/la braza'' 'the arm/the fathom' (both singular grammatically and semantically) and other such pairs, demonstrates the way in which Spanish deals with the loss of the neuter, as well as semantic differences regarding size. This is discussed more thoroughly in Werner Wandersleben's article "Sobre el Femenino Aumentativo", in <u>RLA</u>, 19 (1981), 9-18.</ref>
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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| le pont		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| le pont
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \|l'pont
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la punt		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la punt
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	\| class="fem" \| la dent<ref name=dent>According to Rohlfs 1979, this phenomenon can be explained thusly: ''la dent'' developed as a feminine noun due to the influence of MOLA 'molar' and was reinforced by the feminine MENS, MENTIS, which has the same structure in the declension paradigm.</ref>		\| class="fem" \| la dent<ref name=dent>According to Rohlfs 1979, this phenomenon can be explained thusly: ''la dent'' developed as a feminine noun due to the influence of MOLA 'molar' and was reinforced by the feminine MENS, MENTIS, which has the same structure in the declension paradigm.</ref>
	\|		\| class="fem" \| la dent
	\|		\| class="fem" \| la dent
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	\| class="masc" \| il dente		\| class="masc" \| il dente
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	\| class="masc" \| le pouce		\| class="masc" \| le pouce
	\|		\| class="masc" \| l'pouce <ref name=pouce>This is almost certainly a borrowing from French; "pouoche" is the expected Jèrriais form</ref>
	\|		\| pouoche (?)<ref name=pouoche>"Ou"(/u/) would be expected here, instead of "ouo" (/wo/).</ref>
	\| class="masc" \| il polesch		\| class="masc" \| il polesch
	\| class="masc" \| il pollice		\| class="masc" \| il pollice
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	\| class="masc" \| le sel		\| class="masc" \| le sel
	\|		\| class="masc" \| l'sé
	\|		\| saé (?)
	\| class="masc" \| il sal		\| class="masc" \| il sal
	\| class="masc" \| il sale		\| class="masc" \| il sale
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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la fin		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la fin
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \|la fin
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \|la fin
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la fin		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la fin
	\| class="fem" \| la fine		\| class="fem" \| la fine
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	\| class="fem" \| l'origine (''fem'')		\| class="fem" \| l'origine (''fem'')
	\|		\|
	\|		\| l'origine (?)
	\|		\|
	\| class="fem" \| l'origine (''fem'')		\| class="fem" \| l'origine (''fem'')
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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| le miel		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| le miel
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| l'myi
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| le mié
	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| il miele		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| il miele
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	\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="nogender" rowspan="2" \|
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la glace		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la glace
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la gliaiche
	\| class="~~nogender~~" rowspan="2" \|		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| la gllèche
	\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| il glatsch		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| il glatsch
	\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| il ghiaccio		\| class="masc" rowspan="2" \| il ghiaccio
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	\| class="masc" \| le paysage		\| class="masc" \| le paysage
	\|		\| class="masc" \| l'paysage
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	\| class="masc" \| l'orecchio (''masc'')<ref name="orecchio"> This is one of several irregular plural formations in Italian. More common irregular formations in Italian appear with a masculine singular noun ending in -o, which changes to a feminine noun in the plural with its ending in -a. Examples of these "plurali irregolari" are: ''il braccio-le braccia, il ciglio-le ciglia, il labbro-le labbra, l'uovo (m)-le uova, il dito-le dita, il riso-le risa ('laughter'), l'osso (m)-le ossa, il ginocchio-le ginocchia, ''etc. Interestingly enough, Polinsky and Van Everbroek inform us that ''lèvre'' in Old French was variable - sometimes masculine, sometimes feminine - while, in modern French, ''lèvre'' 'lip' is feminine (“Development of Gender Classifications: Modeling the Historical Change from Latin to French”, <u>Language</u>, 79.2 (Jun., 2003): 356-90). It should be further noted that ''la deda'' in dialectal Spanish (the feminine of ''el dedo'' 'the finger') refers to the thumb. This structure, along with more common/acceptable variants such as ''il brazo/la braza'' 'the arm/the fathom' (both singular grammatically and semantically) and other such pairs, demonstrates the way in which Spanish deals with the loss of the neuter, as well as semantic differences regarding size. This is discussed more thoroughly in Werner Wandersleben's article "Sobre el Femenino Aumentativo", in <u>RLA</u>, 19 (1981), 9-18.</ref>		\| class="masc" \| l'orecchio (''masc'')<ref name="orecchio"> This is one of several irregular plural formations in Italian. More common irregular formations in Italian appear with a masculine singular noun ending in ''-o,'' which changes to a feminine noun in the plural with its ending in ''-a''. Examples of these "plurali irregolari" are: ''il braccio-le braccia, il ciglio-le ciglia, il labbro-le labbra, l'uovo (m)-le uova, il dito-le dita, il riso-le risa ('laughter'), l'osso (m)-le ossa, il ginocchio-le ginocchia, ''etc. Interestingly enough, Polinsky and Van Everbroek inform us that ''lèvre'' in Old French was variable - sometimes masculine, sometimes feminine - while, in modern French, ''lèvre'' 'lip' is feminine (“Development of Gender Classifications: Modeling the Historical Change from Latin to French”, <u>Language</u>, 79.2 (Jun., 2003): 356-90). It should be further noted that ''la deda'' in dialectal Spanish (the feminine of ''el dedo'' 'the finger') refers to the thumb. This structure, along with more common/acceptable variants such as ''il brazo/la braza'' 'the arm/the fathom' (both singular grammatically and semantically) and other such pairs, demonstrates the way in which Spanish deals with the loss of the neuter, as well as semantic differences regarding size. This is discussed more thoroughly in Werner Wandersleben's article "Sobre el Femenino Aumentativo", in <u>RLA</u>, 19 (1981), 9-18.</ref>
	\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| orija		\| class="fem" rowspan="2" \| orija
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