Table 2. Reduplicated Adverbs in the Structure of Nzema Proverbs

Base Adverb	Reduplicated Form
a. ndɛ ‘quickly’	ndɛ-ndɛ ‘very quickly’
b. bɛtɛɛ ‘slowly’	bɛtɛɛ-bɛtɛɛ ‘very slowly’
c. somaa ‘much’	somaa-somaa ‘so much’