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{{Wikipedia|reduplication}}
'''{{w|Reduplication}}''' is repeating a word exactly or almost 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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|jan ilo mute mute li pali lon ona!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://utala.pona.la/toki-en-lipu/lipu-suli/nasi.html|author={{tp|jan Kepe}}|title={{tp|Nasi}}|date=2023-07-15|website=http://utala.pona.la/toki-en-lipu/lipu-suli/nasi.html|access-date=2023-11-10}}</ref>
|Many many programmers worked on it!
|jan ilo mute mute li pali lon ona
}}
 
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==References==
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