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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/capri691gambling/buy-roulette-tables.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 02:30, 24 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)...