Note that reduplication of the root vowel in a duplifix can also be viewed as vowel harmony, see ยง2.3.
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Duplifix
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The initial C- of this duplifix copies the initial consonant of the lexical morpheme which happens to be /p/ so that the plural marker takes the shape puru-
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According to Haspelmath and Sims (2010: 39) the Bikol case could be considered to be a duplifix.
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First, here are examples to show variation in the phonological make-up of duplifixes. C, CV, CVC, and CVCV are all possible duplifix skeleta.
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