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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 | ||
* | * ''tattutattu'' 'in regular rhythm, with smaller motions'; ''TaTTuTaTTu'' 'in regular rhythm, with bigger motions' | ||
* | * ''pikkupikku'' / ''PiKKuPiKKu'' 'with mischief' | ||
* arangka 'flagrantly (doing wrong); in public view' | * ''arangka'' 'flagrantly (doing wrong); in public view' | ||
* | * ''mukkumukku'' / ''MuKKuMuKKu'' 'wolfing down food' | ||
* | * ''wangkuluwangkulu'' 'periodically' | ||
* | * ''yenguyengu'' 'slippery' | ||
* | * ''mingimingi'' 'watery, bland' | ||
Predicate ideophones are used with the 'be' verb ''i-'': ''enpangku | 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]] | ||