Example 19-46

Sɔ̀ntɛ́n è bìn dè jùmp-jump jùmp-jump pero è stret naw.
Sɔ̀ntɛ́n
perhaps
è
3sg.sbj
bìn
pst
ipfv
jùmp~jump
red.cpd.jump
jùmp~jump
red.cpd.jump
pero
but
è
3sg.sbj
stret
be.straight
naw.
now
Perhaps she was jumping around aimlessly all the time but she’s upright now.
Comment:
This example involves both reduplication (the words separated by the tilde) and repetition (of the preceding reduplication). CPD stands for deleted high tone in ComPounD.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Yakpo 2009: 148