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Example 30-59
El kume fáxi-fáxi.
El=kume
3sg
=eat
fáxi~fáxi.
quickly~
intens
He ate very quickly.
Comment:
Fáxi
by itself means 'quickly'.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Baptista 2006
: 105
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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