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Example 60-39
kolángwa > kolángwalángwa
ko-lángw-a
inf
-be.drunk-
fv
>
>
ko-lángw-a~lángw-a
inf
-be.drunk-
fv
~be.drunk-
fv
to be drunk > to be very drunk
Comment:
FV = Final vowel; it has no specific grammatical meaning, but ensures the phonologically canonical consonant-vowel structure on forms such as the infinitive, the subjunctive and the future.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Lingala
by
Michael Meeuwis
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
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