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== Background == Something I heard used a lot in Kazakhstan, and started asking about.  A sort of reduplicatiion, similar to English e.g., ''healthy-shmealthy''.  I thought this specific one was limited to Russian, but apparently Kazakh has it built-in already.  Thus I'm not sure what the origins are.  (Turkish has it too, so might've entered Russian from Turkic languages, or maybe just in Russian of Kazakhstan). == Examples == === Attested === * кола-мола (''cola'') * ѳте-мѳте (KZ: ''very'') === Forced === * слон-мон (RU: ''elephant'')[http://ca.geocities.com/in354the/poker-and-card-games-for-playstation-2-and-x-box.htm ...]
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== Background ==
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Something I heard used a lot in Kazakhstan, and started asking about.  A sort of reduplicatiion, similar to English e.g., ''healthy-shmealthy''.  I thought this specific one was limited to Russian, but apparently Kazakh has it built-in already.  Thus I'm not sure what the origins are.  (Turkish has it too, so might've entered Russian from Turkic languages, or maybe just in Russian of Kazakhstan).
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== Examples ==
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=== Attested ===
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* кола-мола (''cola'')
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* ѳте-мѳте (KZ: ''very'')
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=== Forced ===
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* слон-мон (RU: ''elephant'')

Latest revision as of 06:13, 25 March 2006

Background

Something I heard used a lot in Kazakhstan, and started asking about. A sort of reduplicatiion, similar to English e.g., healthy-shmealthy. I thought this specific one was limited to Russian, but apparently Kazakh has it built-in already. Thus I'm not sure what the origins are. (Turkish has it too, so might've entered Russian from Turkic languages, or maybe just in Russian of Kazakhstan).

Examples

Attested

  • кола-мола (cola)
  • ѳте-мѳте (KZ: very)

Forced

  • слон-мон (RU: elephant)