Nkakuho (Reduplication)

Wɔatwerɛ nsɛm wei ɛwɔ Asante kasa mu

Sε yεka nkakuho a, εne sε asεmfua baako na yεasane atwerε saa asεmfua no bio de abↄ ho anaa abom ama yεanya asεmfua tenten baako^[1]. Ԑyε a, asεnnua no na yεka ku ho no^[2].

Nkakuho Ahodoɔ

Nkakuho tumi yɛ asεmfua no nyninaa a yεde abↄ ho (total reduplication) anaa ɛtumi yε asεmfua no fa bi (partial reduplication)ɛ. Hyε no nso sε, εnyε asεmfua biara a wohunu sε yεde asεnnua no abↄ ho biara na εyε nkakuho. Nsεmfua binom wowↄ Twi kasa mu a, saa ara na εteε^[3].

Nhwɛsoɔ:

a. Barima biara pɛ ɔbaa a ↄnyɛ basabasa.

b. Mmↄfra no anim ayε hoyahoyaa.

c. Nnwanten nhorↄdↄnhorↄdↄ nam hurupↄbↄhurupↄbↄ rebↄ mmↄn.

d. Nkwan no ayɛ nkyenkyene.

O. Anihanehane (Hyperbole)^[4]

Wei yɛ kasasu a yɛka de kyerɛ sɛdeɛ biribi teɛ anaa sεdeε εyε ahodwiri anaa εyε^[5].

Baabi a Mmoa Firi

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↑ 105 Literary Devices: Definitions and Examples (in English), 2021-08-18, retrieved 2025-08-29
↑ Literary Devices | The Blog | The Novelry (in English), retrieved 2025-08-29
↑ Figurative language: hyperbole, similes and metaphors - English - Learning with BBC Bitesize (in British English), retrieved 2025-08-29
↑ Figurative Language (in American English), retrieved 2025-08-29

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[2] 105 Literary Devices: Definitions and Examples (in English), 2021-08-18, retrieved 2025-08-29

[3] Literary Devices | The Blog | The Novelry (in English), retrieved 2025-08-29

[4] Figurative language: hyperbole, similes and metaphors - English - Learning with BBC Bitesize (in British English), retrieved 2025-08-29

[5] Figurative Language (in American English), retrieved 2025-08-29

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