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Example 38-43
ngolongolo
ngolo~ngolo
shell~shell
collection of shells
Comment:
Reduplication can have the meaning of a closed group or collection.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Post 1998
: 94-97
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
by
Marike Post
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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