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Example 47-55
blòki-blòki; bala-bala; kabes-kabes; bùmper-bùmper; pia-pia
blòki~blòki;
square~square
bala~bala;
ball~ball
kabes~kabes;
head~head
bùmper~bùmper;
bumper~bumper
pia~pia
foot~foot
in squares; in a design of circles; head to head (for example, of people in a crowd); bumper-to-bumper; very slowly
Type:
published source
Source:
Dijkhoff 1993
: 93-94
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Word-class-changing function
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