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Example 9-204
Yu
hia
wan li 'kilin-kilin'.
Yu
2sg
hia
hear
wan
a
li
little
'kilin-kilin'.
'kilin-kilin'
You hear a noise that sounds like 'kilin-kilin'.
Comment:
Reduplication of noise indicates attenuating function.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1983
: 34
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
'Hear' and 'smell': Differentiation
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