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Example 30-56
bénka-bénka
bénka~bénka
toward.here~toward.here
name of a children's game derived from the interjection Bénka! '(toward) here!'
Portuguese:
nome de um jogo infantil derivado da interj. Bénka! 'Para cá!'
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. bénka-bénka
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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