Example 65-42

Хэцзю фамили чиво-чиво купила.
Xetsʒu famili ʧiwo-ʧiwo kupila.
Xetsʒu
Xeczu
famili
kin
ʧiwo-ʧiwo
what-what
kupi-la.
buy-pfv
A person by the name Xeczu bought something.
Comment:
The example is taken from the archives of A. Shprintsyn. ʧiwo alone means 'what'. ʧiwo-ʧiwo means 'different things'. It is a calque from Tungusic languages where the corresponding construction is widely used, cf. Udihe j'əu 'what' j'əu-j'əu 'different things, all sorts of things'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Perekhvalskaya 2008: 221