Types of Double Words and Examples in Indonesian

In the use of words in a sentence, sometimes there is repetition of words. Good in using basic words and arranging them in sentence form. The word that is repeated is called a double word. The meaning of the word double is a process of repeating words or words that are formed or duplicated in whole, the same or in part. We will further discuss the types of double words and their examples in sentence.

Types and Examples of Double Words

There are 4 (four) types of double words, including:

1. Whole/whole/full double word

That is a double word in which all the basic words are repeated without the slightest change. Generally, this double word is marked (-), and the root word can be a noun, a verb and an adjective (adjective). Example:

• Name words: chairs, umbrellas, friends.
  • My friends and I were on vacation at the Surabaya zoo.
  • The chairs in the meeting room were already full of visitors.
• Verbs: take a walk, eat, cut into pieces.
  • The teachers eat dinner after the parent's meeting.
  • The employees use the break time to take a short walk in the park next to the office.
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• Adjectives: clever, evil, big.
  • Mrs. Shinta's students are good at art lessons Culture.
  • The mangoes in Pak Sholeh's back garden are huge.

2. Pseudo double word

This double word is a double word with a special meaning. The repetition of the word is the same as the full double word, it's just that the full double word repetition can mean singular or plural, while the repetition of pseudo-doubles does not mean singular or plural, because it takes the form of a name from the word basically. Examples: spiders, butterflies, fireflies, sheep, turtles, ondel-ondel, empek-empek, kites, and so on.

• The old, unkempt house at the end of the road is increasingly haunted with cobwebs full of cobwebs in every corner of the house.
• The 2016 Bali Kite Festival was held on the Padang Galak beach.
•  We are doing research on butterfly metamorphosis.

3. word half double

That is a double word whose root word is repeated in tribe first. Usually the first vowel of the word changes to the letter -e. Example:

• Partial double words: man, neighbor, leaf.
  • The sport of football is generally loved by men.
  • Mrs. Rina visited a neighbor who had an accident last night.
  • Autumn causes the leaves of the roses to fall from their stems.

4. Double words rhyming/rhyming

That is a double word whose basic word repetition follows the same sound (rhyme), either at the beginning, end, or in its entirety. Example:

• Double words rhyming at the root: gestures, doodles.
  • The movements of the three people at the crossroads were very suspicious.
  • Street children scribble on the walls provided by the district government to cultivate their talents.
• Double words that rhyme at the end: rich, side dishes.
  • On the dining table served very delicious side dishes.
  • Pak Haji Burhan's family belongs to a wealthy family in his village.
• Whole rhyming doubles: disorganized, confused.
  • The atmosphere at Taylor Swift's concert yesterday afternoon was chaotic.
  • News of the increase in the price of basic necessities is confusing in one TV station program.

5. Double words with affixes

That is a double word whose base word is added with an affix, either at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of the word. Example:

• Double words with affixes at the beginning of words: jump around, make up, play around.
  • Mr. Manan's children are playing beside his house
  • The squirrel in the zoo jumps from one coconut tree to another.
• Double words affixed in the middle of the word: hereditary, sewing, shoulder to shoulder.
  • The silver ring on Nirmala's ring finger has been passed down for generations from her daughter's great-grandmother.
  • The people of Ambaksari Village worked together to build the house of one of the residents that collapsed.
• Double words with affixes at the end of words: herbs, perfumes.
  • Before Friday prayers, my father wore perfume on the koko shirt he wore that afternoon.
  • In the tourist area village Makmur Jaya there are crops of palawija.

That is the discussion of the types of double words and examples in languageIndonesia. May be useful.