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== Background == | == 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 ...] | ||
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'') | |||
Revision as of 23:15, 18 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)...
