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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/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). | ||
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| − | == Examples == | ||
| − | === Attested === | ||
| − | * кола-мола (''cola'') | ||
| − | * ѳте-мѳте (KZ: ''very'') | ||
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| − | === Forced === | ||
| − | * слон-мон (RU: ''elephant'') | ||
Revision as of 01:30, 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)...
