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*khuiie'khuikhuy | *khuiie'khuikhuy | ||
*thoor'thothoo | *thoor'thothoo | ||
*kao'kaokaux | *kao'kaokaux | ||
*sirn'sirnsixn | *sirn'sirnsixn | ||
Revision as of 07:11, 6 September 2013
triplet
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.
- See http://taigie.taioaan.org/harnji/chmainbasic/chtripletword.htm
More triplets
- 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