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Example 45-45
Guapangguapa el mga mujer aquí.
Guapa-ng-guapa
beautiful-
link
-beautiful
el
def
mga
pl
mujer
woman
aqui.
here
The women here are very beautiful.
Comment:
The linker
ng
(usually
na
for words ending in consonants) can be used in reduplication.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Escalante 2005
: ix
Language:
Cavite Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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