A word, whether simple or complex, can be fully reduplicated. It involves repeating the entire word where the two parts of the word are separated by a hyphen. It can be the plural form or mean something else.
Sometimes reduplicated forms have non reduplicated counterparts to which they can be related. Such forms are often treated as single bases(root word) in dictionaries, although usually written with a hyphen.
Such forms include:
- tiba-tiba(suddenly);
- sia-sia(futile);
- pura-pura(pretend)*;
- megap-megap(pant);
- masing-masing(each).
Note
Pura-pura can also mean temples, the plural form of pura (temple).