Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Hiligaynon (hil) Alternative Names  Ilonggo, Hiligainon Family/Group  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian Area  SE Asia and Oceania General Data  Central Philippine language Reduplication Form-Function  full (plural; diminutive); CV- (derivation); -Vl- (plural; intensive); Culu- (diminutive) Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Reduplication System  Culu- is a prosodically conditioned variant of full diminutive reduplication for simplexes with more than two syllables. Forms  Select ValueCV reduplicant with fixed segments stem   Functions  Select Valuediminution other pluralization Patterns  Select Valuefull partial partial with affixation Semantics  Select Valuediminuity other plurality   Word Classes  Select Valueadjective/adverb — adjective/adverb noun — noun other — other verb — verb   All Examples  ⊟ References Wolfenden, Elmer P. 1971. Hiligaynon Reference Grammar; (relevant pages: 87/88, 92, 100, 104, 146-152)     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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