Re: [lojban-beginners] lo nu valsi rapli cu xe tanru fo ma

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Wednesday 02 February 2011 14:44:22 .alyn.post. wrote:
> .i fo ma fu lo nu valsi rapli cu tanru .i lu ponse ponse li'u mupli
>
> What does word doubling mean in a tanru?  For example: {ponse
> ponse}

"klakyklaku klakyklaku klaku" is used in The Restaurant of Many Orders 
for "cried and cried and cried and cried and cried". "mamymamta" (lujvo jenai 
tanru) means "maternal grandmother", and similarly "pafpatfu". I'm not sure 
what "ponse ponse" would mean.

Pierre
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