rajékan dwiréka

Sundanese

Etymology

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

Noun

rajékan dwiréka (Sundanese script ᮛᮏᮦᮊᮔ᮪ ᮓ᮪ᮝᮤᮛᮦᮊ)

1. (linguistics, grammar) full reduplication with vowel alternation.

   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

• A subcategory of rajékan dwimurni.

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