Editing Reduplication (section)

=== Sino-Tibetan ===

==== Burmese ====
As in many [[Tibeto-Burman languages]], in [[Burmese language|Burmese]], reduplication is used in verbs and adjectives to form adverbs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Jheng |first=Wei-Cherng Sam |date=2017 |title=Adjacency in Burmese Reduplication: An Optimality Theoretical Analysis |url=http://homepage.ling.nthu.edu.tw/USTWPL/doc/Volume%209/9-2.%20Adjacency%20in%20Burmese%20Reduplication%20An%20Optimality%20Theoretical%20Analysis%20%E9%84%AD%E5%81%89%E6%88%90%20(2nd).pdf |journal=UST Working Papers in Linguistics |volume=9}}</ref> Many Burmese words, especially adjectives such as {{lang|my|လှပ}} ('beautiful' {{IPA|[l̥a̰pa̰]}}), which consist of two syllables (when reduplicated, each syllable is reduplicated separately), when reduplicated ({{lang|my|လှပ}} → {{lang|my|လှလှပပ}} 'beautifully' {{IPA|[l̥a̰l̥a̰ pa̰pa̰]}}) become [[adverb]]s.<ref name=":0" /> This is also true of many Burmese verbs, which become adverbs when reduplicated.<ref name=":0" />

Some nouns are also reduplicated to indicate plurality. For instance, {{lang|my|ပြည်}}, means "country," but when reduplicated to {{lang|my|အပြည်ပြည်}}, it means "many countries" (as in {{lang|my|အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ}}, "international"). Another example is {{lang|my|အမျိုး}}, which means "kinds," but the reduplicated form {{lang|my|အမျိုးမျိုး}} means "multiple kinds."

A few measure words can also be reduplicated to indicate "one or the other":

* {{lang|my|ယောက်}} (measure word for people) → {{lang|my|တစ်ယောက်ယောက်}} (someone)
* {{lang|my|ခု}} (measure word for things) → {{lang|my|တစ်ခုခု}} (something)

====Chinese====
Reduplication is sometimes employed in verbs and adjectives to enhance the effect of them.

* {{lang|zh|帮帮忙}} {{Transliteration|zh|bāng bāng máng}} ({{gloss|Please help!}}) is a reduplicated form of {{lang|zh|帮忙}} {{Transliteration|zh|bāngmáng}} ({{gloss|to help}})
* {{lang|zh|胖胖的}} {{Transliteration|zh|pàng pàng de}} ({{gloss|quite fat}}) from {{lang|zh|胖}} {{Transliteration|zh|pàng}} ({{gloss|fat}})

Similar to other Sino-Tibetan languages, adjectives form adverbs by reduplication.

* {{lang|zh|漂漂亮亮}} {{Transliteration|zh|piào piào liàng liàng}} ({{gloss|prettily}}) is a reduplicated form of {{lang|zh|漂亮}} {{Transliteration|zh|piàoliàng}} ({{gloss|pretty}})

Other than verbs and adjectives, some nouns can be reduplicated to express plurality or a collection in Chinese.

* {{lang|zh|人人}} {{Transliteration|zh|rén rén}} ({{gloss|everyone}}) is derived from {{lang|zh|人}} {{Transliteration|zh|rén}} ({{gloss|person}}).
* {{lang|zh|天天}} {{Transliteration|zh|tiān tiān}} ({{gloss|every day}}) is derived from {{lang|zh|天}} {{Transliteration|zh|tiān}} ({{gloss|day}}).