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In Taiwanese, the triplet refers to repeating a syllable three times for emphasis. For example, "aang" means "red". Something extremely red is " | ==Doublets== | ||
*'''Khuikhuy''' (khuy+khuy; 開開; very open) | |||
==Triplets== | |||
In Taiwanese, the triplet refers to repeating a syllable three times for emphasis. For example, "[[aang]]" means "red". Something extremely red is "aarng'ang'aang" (紅紅紅). Generally, the first syllable must undergo tone change to the rare rising tone. | |||
*kaao'kauxkau | *kaao'kauxkau | ||
*zeerng'zexngzeng | *zeerng'zexngzeng | ||
Revision as of 09:49, 8 February 2014
(see reduplication)
Doublets
- Khuikhuy (khuy+khuy; 開開; very open)
Triplets
In Taiwanese, the triplet refers to repeating a syllable three times for emphasis. For example, "aang" means "red". Something extremely red is "aarng'ang'aang" (紅紅紅). Generally, the first syllable must undergo tone change to the rare rising tone.
- kaao'kauxkau
- zeerng'zexngzeng
- kiirm'kimkym
- khuiie'khuikhuy
- thoor'thothoo
- kao'kaokaux
- sirn'sirnsixn
- kof'kofkor
- lefng'lefnglerng
- seek'segsek
- took'togtok
- siaap'siapsiab
- siip'sipsib