Example 28-54

ʃi kɛnap masi korkoritɛ wɛrɛ
ʃi
3sg.poss
kɛnɛ-apu
person-pl
masi
must
kori~kori-tɛ
work~work-pfv
wɛrɛ
again
Her people must have worked and worked again (until they had earned enough money).
Comment:
This illustrates iterative verb reduplication. It should be noted that reduplicated verbs occur with the normal range of TAM markers, including the perfective and imperfective suffixes, as seen here for the perfective suffix.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1991: 84