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Example 67-64
Makan apa itu sama makan itu ah ah sikit-sikit punya itu biskit ah.
Makan
eat
apa
what
itu
dem
sama
with
makan
eat
itu
dem
ah
emph
ah
emph
sikit~sikit
little~little
punya
attr
itu
dem
biskit
biscuit
ah.
pcl
What [we] ate were very few biscuits.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Aye 2005
: 100
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Word-class-changing function
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