rajékan dwiréka

Sundanese

Etymology

rajékan (“reduplication”) +‎ dwi (“two”) +‎ réka (“to depict, to alter something”)

Noun

rajékan dwiréka (Sundanese script ᮛᮏᮦᮊᮔ᮪ ᮓ᮪ᮝᮤᮛᮦᮊ)

  1. (linguistics, grammar) apophonic reduplication.
    Example:
    pelong (“gaze, look at”) → pulang-pelong (“to look around repeatedly”)
    seuri (“laugh”) → sura-seuri (“to laugh”)
    lantung (“to gallivant”) → luntang-lantung (“to gallivant, to roam around”)
    balik (“to return, to go back”) → bulak-balik (“to go back and forth”)

Notes

Further reading

  • D. K. Ardiwinata (1984) [1916] Ayatrohaedi, transl., Tata Bahasa Sunda (ILDEP)‎[1] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Balai Pustaka, translation of Elmoening Basa Soenda pikeun pangadjaran di sakola2, djiiid I, page 95
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