Datapoint Saramaccan/Functions of reduplication

Values

Attenuating and word-class-changing function

Example 3-29:
wɛti-wɛti
wɛti~wɛti
white.red
whitish

Source: Bakker 2003: 76

Example 3-30:
A ta waka hesi-hesi.
A
3sg
ta
asp
waka
walk
hesi~hesi.
fast.red
He walks fast.

Source: Bakker 2003: 76

Example 3-31:
Dí wómi de síki-síki.
Dí
def.sg
wómi
man
de
be
síki~síki.
sick.red
The man is in a bad/weak health.

Source: Veenstra 1996: 20

Confidence:
Very certain