a rare phrase type of (at least once) repeated verbs phrase, the majority of examples coming from folk tales (cf. Conrad & Wogiga 1991: 52-54):
• w-akú w-akú w-akú w-akú ch-a-lak nabél ch-a-kli ch-e-geik mamawe-ges-i-bél: "They continued to strengthen their position. - They built a fence. They wanted to build a mother-type fence (i.e. a very strong fence)."
• ... n-a-uli nobag n-a-na n-a-na n-a-nak n-a-nú nobag: "...he went hunting with dogs and went and went and went a long way with the dogs"
• ... ch-a-nak ch-e-temu ch-e-temu buligele-ch-úk a ch-a-nak: "...they went and sat and sat for a long time and disappeared and went."
• Aligú botake botake botake aligú ch-a-bih gani owiny: "They continued to hit him until they went down there, to a lower elevation."
• Che-e-chunibom-alúh pwe ch-e-ges-emu w-emu w-emu w-emu w-emu ulegúl g-a-lto g-a-lto g-a-lto g-a-lto g-a-lto g-a-kih g-a-taglú wilpat ch-e-yotu adúk ch-o-wach-agas: "They continued to put firewood on top of the wooden plates, they continued to heap firewood, and the wood continued to pile up until it came out of the house and they stood outside and threw still more wood."
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