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=== Derivational morphology ===
=== Derivational morphology ===
====Reduplication====
====Reduplication====
Full reduplication is used to broaden adjectives (for example ''töng² töng²'' "somewhat narrow" from ''töng²'' "narrow"), and to derive new iterative or reflexive meanings from some verbs (for example ''har³ har³'' "it goes back to it" from ''har³'' "it goes to it").
Full reduplication is used to broaden adjectives (for example ''töng² töng²'' "somewhat narrow" from ''töng²'' "narrow"), and to derive new iterative or reflexive meanings from some verbs (for example ''har³ har³'' "it returns to it" from ''har³'' "it goes to it").