Apparently, in Bininj Gun-wok, poo has vegetable gender if its visible contents, after a few days in the sun, are mainly plant matter. As does penis.

• Evans, Brown and Corbett (2002) The semantics of gender in Mayali: partially parallel systems and formal implementation. Language, Vol 78, No 1.

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