Reduplication
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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
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