Re: Plurals via reduplication in Japanese (was Re: Adopting a plural)

On Oct/08/2004, Tim May wrote:

> Hito (person) > hitobito (people)
> Shima (island) > shimajima (islands)
	One question related to this (and excuse me if it's been asked before
on the thread): do the changes in words when reduplicating ("hito" -> "bito")
follow any general rule, or is just a case of euphonics?

--
	Roberto Suarez Soto

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