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Initial emphatics are allowed in ideophones; emphatic-nonemphatic alternation functions like Korean ideophone vowel harmony
Initial emphatics are allowed in ideophones; emphatic-nonemphatic alternation functions like Korean ideophone vowel harmony


* tatu-tatu 'in regular rhythm, with smaller motions'; TaTu-TaTu 'in regular rhythm, with bigger motions'
* ''tattutattu'' 'in regular rhythm, with smaller motions'; ''TaTTuTaTTu'' 'in regular rhythm, with bigger motions'
* pikku-pikku / PiKKu-PiKKu 'with mischief'
* ''pikkupikku'' / ''PiKKuPiKKu'' 'with mischief'
* arangka 'flagrantly (doing wrong); in public view'
* ''arangka'' 'flagrantly (doing wrong); in public view'
* mukku mukku / MuKKu MuKKu 'wolfing down food'
* ''mukkumukku'' / ''MuKKuMuKKu'' 'wolfing down food'
* wangkulu wangkulu / waNGKuLu waNGKuLu 'periodically'
* ''wangkuluwangkulu'' 'periodically'
* yengu yengu 'slippery'
* ''yenguyengu'' 'slippery'
* mingi mingi 'watery, bland'
* ''mingimingi'' 'watery, bland'


Predicate ideophones are used with the 'be' verb ''i-'': ''enpangku TaTuTaTu i-rr-a:'' '[Someone's] heart beat heavily'
Predicate ideophones are used with the 'be' verb ''i-'': ''enpangku TaTTuTaTTu i-rr-a:'' '[Someone's] heart beat heavily'
[[Category:Pulchric languages]]
[[Category:Pulchric languages]]
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