Value Only iconic functions

Language:
Santome
Parameter:
Functions of reduplication
References
Ladhams et al. 2003

Examples

  1. Kot’e dô-dôsu mon.
    Kot’e
    cut.3sg
    dô~dôsu
    two~two
    mon.
    hand
    Cut both his hands off.
  2. N gá kunga klusu pê xin-xinku.
    N
    1sg
    gá
    irr
    kunga
    put
    klusu
    cross
    pê
    put
    xin~xinku.
    five~five
    I would have put the cross in all the five [boxes].
  3. Sode d’alê kôndê-kôndê ni matu.
    Sode
    soldier
    d’=alê
    of=king
    kôndê~kôndê
    hide~hide
    ni
    in
    matu.
    bushes
    The soldiers of the king all hid in the bushes.
  4. Tudu-tudu dja, men mu ka manda mu lekadu.
    Tudu~tudu
    all~all
    dja,
    day
    men
    mother
    mu
    1sg.poss
    ka
    ipfv
    manda
    send
    mu
    me
    lekadu.
    message
    Each and every day, my mother sends me a message.
  5. Kê kwa ka bila ome dentxi blanku-blanku me?
    Kê
    what
    kwa
    thing
    ka
    ipfv
    bila
    turn
    ome
    man
    dentxi
    tooth
    blanku~blanku
    white~white
    me?
    really
    What really whitens somebody’s teeth?
  6. Yô ngê dêsê-dêsê.
    Yô
    many
    ngê
    people
    dêsê~dêsê.
    descend~descend
    Many people went down.