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====Reduplication==== | ====Reduplication==== | ||
Full reduplication is used to broaden adjectives (for example ''töngtöng²'' "somewhat narrow" from ''töng²'' "narrow"), | Full stem reduplication is used to broaden adjectives (for example ''töngtöng²'' "somewhat narrow" from ''töng²'' "narrow"), derive new iterative or reflexive meanings from some verbs (for example ''harhar³'' "it returns to it" from ''har³'' "it goes to it"), derive collective nouns from nouns (for example ''kotkotol³ "fish (collective)" from ''kotol³'' "fish"). | ||
Initial CV reduplication and gemination is used to augment or intensify words (for example ''xexxerkwë⁴'' "great hunter" from ''xerkwë⁴'' "hunter"). | |||
Non-productive reduplication also occurs in some verbs and onomatopoeia (for example ''tadakw⁵'' "it bleeds it out, it empties it of blood" from ''takw⁵'' "to bleed"). | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||