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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 | ||