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dhad-bad
lad-bad lath-bath
khad-bad
gad-badiya
cad-bhad
can-bhan
jhag-mag
tag-mag
dag-mag
kal-bal
ras-bas
thath-math
gat-mat
jhar-mar
dhas-mas
jhal-mal
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'quick and rhythmic thumps of
running steps' *dangling*
'closely embracing'
'heaving movement
'tingling'
'squable'
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'talk in a low tone or whisper'
'glitter, glisten'
'shaky, unsteady'
'shaky, unsteady'
confused chatter'
'overflowing with or submerged in juice'
'pomp and pageant'
'fussy activity'
'drizzle'
'rushing'
'shining, glilittering
In Gujarati Bhāṣā-nā dvirukta prayogo, the list given on pp. 127-136 contains many more of onomatopoeic words of the above type. In the Appendix 2 of that book (pp. 155-179) listing reduplicatives given in Turner's Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of the Nepali Language, include many onomatapoeic words of the same type. For Bengali, reference has been given above to Chatterji's work. In the general survey this type is also repeated.
For Telugu, see Reduplication and Onomatopoeia in
Telugu.
Such compound verbs probably originated from the use of pairs of semantically allied but uncompounded verbal forms: aḍai padai, adamto paḍamto; talai valai, talio valio, raṇai jhaņai, rųļai ghulai etc.
As actual occurrences, we come across expressions like sadiya-padiya- 'fallen to pieces and crashed', Pk. ullatta-pallaṭṭa
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