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Example 30-58
(bédju) kóti-kóti
(bédju)
(old)
kóti~kóti
very
very (old)
Portuguese:
muito (velho)
Comment:
Kóti-kóti
(noun) also means 'armpit',
fase kóti-kóti
means 'tickle in the armpit'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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