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Value Plural reduplication
Language:
Batavia Creole
Parameter:
Expression of nominal plural meaning
Examples
Ile ola tudu lay sorti di
fula
, di
fruta fruta
, di
albër albër
kung
raisu
[...].
Ile
he
ola
see
tudu
all
lay
kind
sorti
sort
di
of
fula,
flower
di
of
fruta
fruit
fruta,
fruit
di
of
albër
tree
albër
tree
kung
with
raisu
root
[...].
[...]
He saw all kinds of flowers, of fruit, of trees with roots [...].
See
Philippe 2011
: 23
[...] tudu lay di bringku por fil filu.
[...]
[...]
tudu
all
lay
sort
di
of
bringku
toy
por
for
fil
child
filu.
child
[…] all kinds of toys for children.
See
Philippe 2011
: 39
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