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Tok Pisin
Parameter:
Functions of reduplication
Examples
Tasol mi painim painim, nogat.
Tasol
but
mi
1sg
painim~painim,
search~search
nogat.
nothing
I kept searching but in vain.
See
Verhaar 1995
: 332
Ston i tantanim i kam daun.
ston
stone
i
pm
tan~tanim
iter
~turn
i
pm
kam
come
daun
down
The stone rolled down.
See
Mihalic 1971
: 192
Ol i kam tupela tupela.
Ol
3pl
i
pm
kam
come
tu-pela~tu-pela.
two-
mod
~two-
mod
They came two by two.
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