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Example 37-40:
N fo kopa
kwa kwa
.
N
1sg
fo
come.from
kopa
buy
kwa~kwa.
thing~thing
I have just come back from shopping.
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 174
Example 37-41:
Kumin kumin Mene po we, ê ka vê, ê ka panha Mene.
Kumin~kumin
place~place
Mene
Mene
po
can
we,
go
ê
3sg
ka
hab
vê,
see
ê
3sg
ka
hab
panha
catch
Mene.
Mene
Wherever Mene would go, he (i.e. the ogre) would discover and catch Mene.
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 174
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Language:
Principense
Feature:
Functions of reduplication
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 174f.
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