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(Created page with "{{Nonstandard}} '''{{w|Reduplication}}''' is repeating a word (near)-exactly to form a new word or phrase. In English, it occurs in words like "bye-bye" and "zigzag", in {{w|contrastive focus reduplication}}, and {{w|Shm-reduplication|with "schm-"}}. Reduplication has often been suggested for Toki Pona, generally as an intensifier (for example, {{tp|suwi suwi}} for "really cute"). However, it is not widely used, with {{tp|a}}, {{tp|mute}}, and {{tp|sul...") |
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'''{{w|Reduplication}}''' is repeating a word (near)-exactly to form a new word or phrase. In English, it occurs in words like "bye-bye" and "zigzag", in {{w|contrastive focus reduplication}}, and {{w|Shm-reduplication|with "schm-"}}.
Reduplication has often been suggested for [[Toki Pona]], generally as an intensifier (for example, {{tp|[[suwi]] suwi}} for "really cute"). However, it is not widely used, with {{tp|[[a]]}}, {{tp|[[mute]]}}, and {{tp|[[suli]]}} being used for emphasis instead. It is occasionally not clear whether a repeated modifier is being used as an intensifier or as simply an ordinary word.
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A potential ambiguity of this feature would be the phrase {{tp|[[lili]] lili}}. Under current standard grammar, it means "a little small". If read as reduplicated, it would also mean "very small", becoming an auto-[[antonym]].▼
|len ona li pimeja pimeja.<ref>jan Kepe, Nasi (2023) http://utala.pona.la/toki-en-lipu/lipu-suli/nasi.html</ref>
|Their clothes were blackest black/black-on-black/very black (lit. black black)
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▲A potential ambiguity of this feature would be the phrase {{tp|[[lili]] lili}}. This is reported as being used by 1-10% of respondents in {{ku}} to mean "minimum."<ref>{{cite ku|123, 266}}</ref> Under current standard grammar, it means "a little small". If read as reduplicated, it would also mean "very small", becoming an auto-[[antonym]].
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