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Datapoint Santome/Functions of reduplication

Example 35-57:: Kot’e dô-dôsu mon.
Kot’e
cut.3sg
dô~dôsu
two~two
mon.
hand
Cut both his hands off.
Example 35-58:: N gá kunga klusu pê xin-xinku.
N
1sg
gá
irr
kunga
put
klusu
cross
pê
put
xin~xinku.
five~five
I would have put the cross in all the five [boxes].
Example 35-59:: Sode d’alê kôndê-kôndê ni matu.
Sode
soldier
d’=alê
of=king
kôndê~kôndê
hide~hide
ni
in
matu.
bushes
The soldiers of the king all hid in the bushes.
Example 35-60:: Tudu-tudu dja, men mu ka manda mu lekadu.
Tudu~tudu
all~all
dja,
day
men
mother
mu
1sg.poss
ka
ipfv
manda
send
mu
me
lekadu.
message
Each and every day, my mother sends me a message.
Example 35-61:: Kê kwa ka bila ome dentxi blanku-blanku me?
Kê
what
kwa
thing
ka
ipfv
bila
turn
ome
man
dentxi
tooth
blanku~blanku
white~white
me?
really
What really whitens somebody’s teeth?
Example 35-62:: Yô ngê dêsê-dêsê.
Yô
many
ngê
people
dêsê~dêsê.
descend~descend
Many people went down.