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Proto-Dynic: Difference between revisions
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* ''*kél'' ('island') → ''*kekél'' ('islands') | * ''*kél'' ('island') → ''*kekél'' ('islands') | ||
* ''*dûnə'' ('person') → ''*dudûnə'' ('people') | * ''*dûnə'' ('person') → ''*dudûnə'' ('people') | ||
* ''* | * ''*sáuk'' ('hawk') → ''*sasáuk'' ('hawks') | ||
Reduplication can also be used with uncountable or collective nouns to refer to large or otherwise extreme or emphatic versions of a noun. The same is true of adjectives: | Reduplication can also be used with uncountable or collective nouns to refer to large or otherwise extreme or emphatic versions of a noun. The same is true of adjectives: | ||
* ''*sêl'' ('the ocean') → ''*sesêl'' ('the vast ocean') | * ''*sêl'' ('the ocean') → ''*sesêl'' ('the vast ocean') | ||