Reduplication
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Tengthah-suu (重疊辭 reduplication)
Duples (A'A)
You can repeat monosyllable A to get A'A, for some emphasis, to mean "quite" or "very".
- loaxnloan (亂亂 q. disorderly; chaotic)
- hoanhoafn (番番 q. uncivilized; rude; unreasonable)
- koankoaan (懸懸 q. high; tall; elevated)
- oarn'oaxn (怨怨 q. loathed; hated)
- boafnboarn (滿滿 q. full of; brimming with)
- thoatthoad (脫脫 q. separated; broken away from)
- boadboat (沫沫 q. foamy; sudsy)
Triplication
You can repeat a syllable A three times (A"A'A) to mean extremely A. Generally, the first syllable undergoes tone change to the rare rising tone (#6; see Tones of Taiwanese). (Note that different rules are currently found at Taiwanese Hokkien#In_triplicated_adjectives)
- loaan'loaxnloan (亂亂亂 x. disorderly; chaotic)
- hoaarn'hoanhoafn (番番番 x. uncivilized; rude; unreasonable)
- koaarn'koankoaan (懸懸懸 x. high; tall, etc)
- oaafn'oarn'oaxn (怨怨怨 x. loathed; hated)
- boaarn'boafnboarn (滿滿滿 x. full of; brimming with)
- thoaat'thoatthoad (脫脫脫 x. separated; broken away from)
- boaat'boadboat (沫沫沫 x. foamy; sudsy)
Køq khvoax
- lau-khokkhog, etc (Online Abbreviations)
- khuikhuy (開開 (adj) opened)
- khuy`khuy (開開 to open)
- khiuxkhiu (𩚨𩚨 quite khiu - chewy; rubbery)
- niaxnia (爾爾 only; that is all (gives finality to a clause))