apetunpe

Yoruba

Etymology

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ pè (“to call; to pronounce”) +‎ tún (“again”) +‎ pè (“to call; to pronounce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.k͡pè.tṹ.k͡pè/

Noun

àpètúnpè

1. (linguistics) reduplication

Hyponyms

• àpètúnpè ẹlẹ́bẹ (“partial reduplication”)
• àpètúnpè kíkún (“total reduplication”)