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פרה פרה para para is based on פרה "cow", and literally means "cow by cow", referring to "one thing at a time". This is possibly a folk etymology, and a derivation from Spanish "para" meaning "stop" is possible. To create a diminutive: by reduplicating the last two consonants (bi-consonantal reduplication): כלב kelev "dog"
Multiple types of reduplication are used when forming words in Kankanaey. Unaffixed or affixed roots may experience reduplication, and have their first CV, CVC, or CV(C)CV of the base form copied, with each type of base executing different functions. Kankanaey has many roots that have canonical shapes that appear to possess reduplication.
Dumatíng (has) arrived ang the lalaki. man Dumatíng ang lalaki. {(has) arrived} the man "The man arrived." ex: Nakita saw ni Juan by (the) Juan si María. (the) María Nakita {ni Juan} {si María.} saw {by (the) Juan} {(the) María} "Juan saw María." Note that in Tagalog, even proper nouns require a case marker. ex: Pupunta will go siná PL. NOM. ART Elena Elena at and Roberto Roberto sa at ...
Echo word is a linguistic term that refers to reduplication as a widespread areal feature in the languages of South Asia. Echo words are characterized by reduplication of a complete word or phrase, with the initial segment or syllable of the reduplicant being overwritten by a fixed segment or syllable. In most languages in which this phenomenon ...
Contrastive focus reduplication, [1] also called contrastive reduplication, [1] identical constituent compounding, [2] [3] lexical cloning, [4] [5] or the double construction, is a type of syntactic reduplication found in some languages. Doubling a word or phrase – such as "do you like-like him?" – can indicate that the prototypical meaning ...
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Rhythmic reduplication (kata ganda berentak (Malaysian) or kata ulang salin suara (Indonesian)) Reduplication of meaning [clarification needed] Full reduplication is the complete duplication of the word, separated by a dash (-). For example, buku (book) when duplicated form buku-buku (books), while the duplicated form of batu (stone) is batu ...
Apophony is exemplified in English as the internal vowel alternations that produce such related words as . s i ng, s a ng, s u ng, s o ng; b i nd, b ou nd; bl oo d, bl ee d; br oo d, br ee d; d oo m, d ee m