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Example 34-39
Bu kasa limpu na
fas-fas
.
Bu
poss
.2.
sbj
kasa
house
ø
pfv
limpu
clean
na
ass
fas~fas.
very~very
Your house is absolutely clean.
Comment:
This is an example of ideophone reduplication.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Casamancese Creole
by
Noël Bernard Biagui
and
Nicolas Quint
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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