rajékan dwipurwa

Sundanese

Etymology

rajékan (“reduplication”) +‎ dwi (“two”) +‎ purwa (“beginning”)

Noun

rajékan dwipurwa

  1. (linguistics, grammar) prefixal reduplication (a form of reduplication in which the initial part of a word is repeated or duplicated)
    Example:
    langit (“sky”) → lalangit (“ceiling”)
    tangga (“stairs, ladder”) → tatangga (“neighbor”)
    mobil (“car”) → momobilan (“toy car”)
    rusuh (“hasty”) → rurusuhan (“hastily”)

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