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<div class="">In the Rawang language (Tibeto-Burman, Northern Myanmar/Burma) I find a<span class="" style="text-align:justify"> type of reduplication where the reduplication of the last syllable of a common noun, proper noun, or other word referring to a location

 can mark a translative (going through or by, or by way of) sense, as in</span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="text-align:justify"> the following examples:</span> </div>

<p class="Norma" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span lang="EN-US" class="">            a.  

<i class="">Shı̀gùnggùng dı̄ráı̀.</i></span></p>

<p class="Norma" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span lang="EN-US" class="">                 

<i class="">shı̀gùng-gùng         dı̄-rá-ı̀</i></span></p>

<p class="Norma" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span lang="EN-US" class="">                  mountain-</span><span lang="EN-US" class="">REDUP</span><span lang="EN-US" class="">    go-</span><span lang="EN-US" class="">DIR-I.PAST</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""></span></p>

<p class="Norma"><span lang="EN-US" class="">                  'He came by way of the mountains.'</span></p>

<p class="Norma"><span lang="EN-US" class="">            b.   <i class="">Zı̀dv̀n dv̀n              

</i>'by way of Zidan (thatch-growing plain)'</span></p>

<p class="Norma">In most other TB languages the translocative sense (along with other locational senses) would be marked by postpositions, so this is unusual.</p>

<p class="Norma">Has anyone found anything like this particular use of partial reduplication in other languages? If so, could you please send me references?</p>

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<div class="">Thanks very much!</div>

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