nity night
English translation: night night! nighty night! = good night
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| 5 +2 | night night! nighty night! = good night |
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| 5 | It is just a play with words |
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| 4 | What is your question exactly? |
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| 4 | sonorous reduplication |
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What is your question exactly? Explanation: Could you be more specific? |
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It is just a play with words Explanation: It doesn't "mean" anything, it's just a little ditty-doodle-doo. Peek-a-boo! Nopes |
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sonorous reduplication Explanation: I recall this term from Linguistics and Thai studies (Thai has a lot of these words, where one syllable doesn´t really mean anything, but is added to make the utterance "cuter" or better-sounding... Hope it helps! Mary Haas, and a few courses at Linguistics Dep. Lund University |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2night night! nighty night! = good night Explanation: My father used this expression with me very often when I was small when I was going to bed at night. It's just a way parents often use to say goodnight to young children (at least in Scotland where I grew up). Basically they might say 'night night' or 'nighty night'. Simple as this! I wouldn't have written it nity night mind you. I would have written 'nighty' night. Hope this helps you in some way. Sheila My father! And being a child! |
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