Adjectives are intensified via partial reduplication: the first syllable of an adjective (esp. a color term) is mirrored, has the consonant in its coda replaced with p, and precedes the stem, e.g. Tatar qÄra 'black' > qÄp-qÄra 'pitch-black'.
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Stachowski, Kamil 2013: Turkic C-type reduplications. Katowice: Uniwersytet ĆlÄ ski, WydziaĆ Filologiczny
Last update: 15 December 2020