Value Attenuating and word-class-changing function

Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
Functions of reduplication

Examples

  1. buk-buk
    buk-buk
    book-book
    (several) books (more than two)

    See Kouwenberg et al. 2003: 107

  2. yala-yala
    yala~yala
    yellow~yellow
    yellowish, yellow-spotted

    See Kouwenberg et al. 2003: 107

  3. swiit-swiit
    swiit~swiit
    sweet~sweet
    something that smells sweet, e.g. perfume, disinfectant