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Example 1-78
Zibi Zibi
sibisibi
sweep.
red
broom
Dutch:
beuzem [op.cit.]
Comment:
The verb
sibi
'sweep' is reduplicated to form the instrument noun
sibisibi
'broom'.
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 14
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Word-class-changing function
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