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Example 4-41
A sama akisiakisi sani te mi ede kon sipan.
A
det
.
sg
sama
person
akisi~akisi
ask~ask
sani
thing
te
until
mi
my
ede
head
kon
come
sipan.
tense
They asked a lot of things until my head hurt. OR: They continued to ask...
Comment:
Here reduplication denotes intensity.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own observation
Language:
Nengee
by
Bettina Migge
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Attenuating and word-class-changing function
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