Example 16-39

ì dè vɔmit vɔmit dɛn ʃit ʃit
ì
3sg
dè
prog
vɔmit~vɔmit
vomit~vomit
dɛn
and
ʃit~ʃit
shit~shit
He kept on vomiting and shitting.
Comment:
This example shows iconic reduplication expressing iterativity. Other iconic meanings expressed by reduplication are intensification, distribution, iterativity, habituality and dispersion.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 2003: 145