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Value Word-class-changing function
Language:
Ambon Malay
Parameter:
Functions of reduplication
References
van Minde 1997
: 112-140
Examples
Buaya nai par mo cari rusa rusa.
Buaya
crocodile
nai
go.up
par
for
mo
fut
cari
search.for
rusa~rusa.
pl
~deer
The crocodile climbed ashore to search for deer.
See
van Minde 1997
: 115
malang; malang-malang
malang;
night
malang~malang
night~
adv
night; late at night (adverb)
See
van Minde 1997
: 118
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