Value Attenuating function

Language:
Mauritian Creole
Parameter:
Functions of reduplication
References
Baker 2003: 213

Examples

  1. zoli zoli; tris tris
    zoli~zoli;
    pretty~pretty
    tris~tris
    sad~sad
    very pretty; a bit sad

    See Baker 2003: 211-18

  2. marse marse; mars-marse
    marse~marse;
    walk~walk
    mars~marse
    walk~walk
    walk a long way and/or for a long time; stroll about (without any particular destination in mind)

    See Baker 1994: 79