Reduplication (was: Re: Cyrillic)

 --- Steg Belsky wrote:
> Speaking of repetition, i decided that Rokbeigalmki has English-style
> reduplication for emphasis.  However, unlike English, Rokbeigalmki
> only doubles the (extended if necessary) root, attaching prefixes to
> the first copy and suffixes to the second.
> i.e.:
> English "was it raining, or was it raining raining?"
> Rokbeigalmki "ha'uzu-jaarihd, au uzu-jaarihd jaarihd?"
> or
> "beijambal-a suddatelos datelos-a" = "the scary scary bear"
> as opposed to "beijambal-a suddatelos-a", 'the scary bear'
Hmmm.  If you're just doubling the root, and prefixes go before the
reduplicated form and suffixes after, it would still be a single word,
wouldn't it?


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