Reduplication
Tengthah-suu (重疊辭 reduplication)
koaan, koankoaan, koaarn'koankoaan
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).
- aarng'ang'aang (紅紅紅 x. aang - red etc)
- jiirn'jinjiin (仁仁仁 x. jiin - firm & full)
- koaarn'koankoaan (懸懸懸 x. koaan - tall etc)
- loaan'loaxnloan (亂亂亂 x. loan - disorderly; chaotic)
- kaao'kauxkau (厚厚厚 x. kau - thick etc)
- zeerng'zexngzeng (靜靜靜 x. zeng quiet)
- kiirm'kimkym (金金金 x. kym - golden))
- khuiie'khuikhuy (開開開 x. khuy - wide open)
- thoor'thothoo (塗塗塗 x. thoo - in shambles & completely lost)
- kaao'kaokaux (夠夠夠 x. kaux - sufficient (cf. kaokaux))
- siirn'sirnsixn (信信信 x. sixn - believing without doubt)
- kof'kofkor (古古古 x. kor - ancient)
- leerng'lefnglerng (冷冷冷 x. lerng - cold; cool)
- seek'segsek (熟熟熟 x. sek - commonly seen; acquainted with)
- took'togtok (獨獨獨 x. tok - alone)
- siaap'siapsiab (澀澀澀 x. siab - bitter; astringent)
- siip'sipsib (溼溼溼 x. sib - moist (cf. sipsib))
Zhamkhør
- http://www.edutech.org.tw/Composition.htm
- niaxnia (is this reduplication?)