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Example 58-35
saka-saka
saka-saka
cassava.leaves
cassava leaves (PLURAL meaning only)
Comment:
The word has no corresponding plural. A few vegetable names involve reduplication. This example is definitely not an iconic reduplication.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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