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Example 54-57
frotfrote
frot~frote
rub~
att
to rub slightly
Comment:
Frotfrote
can also mean 'rub repeatedly'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Chaudenson 1974
: 1049
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Attenuating function
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