Re: [tied] Romance Neuter Nouns (was: Lat. -idus)

> I think it can reasonably be said that Italian
> words like _uovo_ (singular, masculine), _uova_ (plural,
> feminine) 'egg' are neuter rather than of mixed gender.

Grammatical gender refers not to the form of the noun, but to the form of
adjectives, articles, determinants, etc which agree with that noun. So I
disagree - the term "neuter" would not make sense in Italian, and plurals
like uova, paia, braccia etc must be called feminine plural.

Peter