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Example 34-41
Perá N kalá antu ku ña
beju-beju
na kordá.
ø
2sg
.
sbj
perá
wait.
imp
N
1sg
.
sbj
kalá
keep.quiet
antu
before
ku
rel
.
obj
ña
poss
.
1sg
beju~beju
old~old
na
fut
kordá.
wake.up
Well, let me speak more quietly so that my "oldie" (baby/husband) does not wake up.
Comment:
The reduplication of some nominal or adjectival bases is used as a humoristic device to refer to well known figures of the family or the community.
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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