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Example 30-55
bága-bága; fon-fon; bufa-bufa/bur-bur
bága~bága;
termite
fon~fon;
name.of.an.insect
bufa~bufa/bur~bur
dusty
termite; name of an insect; dusty
Portuguese:
formiga branca; nome de um insecto; poeirento
Comment:
There is a
baabaa
with the same meaning as
bága-bága
in Mandinga;
fon-fon
sounds onomatopoetic;
bur-bur
might be related to Malinké
boroboro
'quicksand'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. bága-bága, fon-fon, bufa-bufa, bur-bur
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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