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Ok, kepada semua readers,

entry kali nie, aku nak speaking,

baru la 'nampak' ape yang aku nak bagitau..

once upon a time.. (macam baca buku cerita dongeng la pulak..haha)

while I was doing some reading on dialectology and the effects of dialects on English language learning, I discovered one striking feature in Kelantan dialect that amazed me – double consonants.. for example, /mmari/ meaning ‘almari’ (locker).. notice that consonant ‘m’ is doubled at the beginning of the word ‘mmari’.. yes, you are right – double consonants only exist at the beginning of a word..

Prof Nik Safiah Karim, in her master’s thesis in 1965, called this feature a long consonant.. she claimed that long consonants do not contrast meanings, which I totally DISAGREE (I will show you more examples soon).. after all, her data were impressionistic in nature, not experimental (what do you expect in 1965?)..

43 years later, Dr. Adi Yasran Abdul Aziz and Prof Zaharani Ahmad, in their recent paper in 2008, called this feature a geminate onset.. they claimed that geminate on sets can be likened to mora (linguistic) phenomena in Japanese.. very interesting.. I would love to investigate their points in my phonetic lab..

now, to prove that Prof Nik Safiah’s theory is wrong, I have come out with the following hypothesis – double consonants DO contrast meanings.. plus, double consonants can also suggest some changes in grammatical structures as well.. here are 6 ways double consonants can do wonders in our speech:


1. Two Different Meanings
2. Nouns vs. Adjectives
3. Nouns vs. Prepositional Phrase
4. Adjectives vs. Imperative verbs
5. Neutral Verbs vs. ‘Accidental’ Verbs
6. Neutral Verbs vs. Progressive Verbs


okay, enough talk, here are the real examples (the one below each pair has double consonants):


1. Two Different Meanings

/mari/ (v. come)
/mmari/ (n. locker)

/tuboh/ (n. body)
/ttuboh/ (adj. fat)

/katok/ (v. hit)
/kkatok/ (n. frog)

/namo/ (n. name)
/nnamo/ (n. full moon)

/jawi/ (n. Arabic character)
/jjawi/ (v. circumcise)

2. Nouns vs. Adjectives

/minyok/ (n. oil)
/mminyok/ (adj. oily)

/peloh/ (n. sweat)
/ppeloh/ (adj. sweaty)

/doso/ (n. sin)
/ddoso/ (adj. sinful)

/kube/ (v. mess up)
/kkube/ (adj. messed up)

/bini/ (n. wife)
/bbini/ (adj. married)

3. Nouns vs. Prepositional Phrase

/kiri/ (n. left)
/kkiri/ (pp. to the left)

/kane/ (n. right)
/kkane/ (pp. to the right)

/keda/ (n. malls)
/kkeda/ (pp. at/to the malls)

/kapong/ (n. village)
/kkapong/ (pp. in/to the village)

/dapo/ (n. kitchen)
/ddapo/ (pp. at/ to the kitchen)

4. Adjectives vs. Imperative verbs
/cepak/ (adj. fast)
/ccepak/ (v. make it faster)

/koho/ (adj. slow)
/kkoho/ (v. make it slower)

/panje/ (adj. long)
/ppanje/ (v. make it longer)

/pendek/ (adj. short)
/ppendek/ (v. make it shorter)

/kure/ (adj. less)
/kkure/ (v. make it lesser)

5. Neutral Verbs vs. ‘Accidental’ Verbs
/kecing/ (v. urinate)
/kkecing/ (v. accidentally urinate)

/tido/ (v. sleep)
/ttido/ (v. accidentally sleep)

/tuka/ (v. exchange)
/ttuka/ (v. accidentally exchange)

/koci/ (v. lock)
/kkoci/ (v. accidentally lock)

/soyok/ (v. tear)
/ssoyok/ (v. accidentally tear)

6. Neutral Verbs vs. Progressive Verbs
/masok/ (v. cook)
/mmasok/ (v. is cooking)

/baco/ (v. read)
/bbaco/ (v. is reading)

/jaek/ (v. sew)
/jjaek/ (v. is sewing)

/gosok/ (v. iron)
/ggosok/ (v. is ironing)

/basoh/ (v. wash)
/bbasoh/ (v. is washing)

did I see someone smiling? as a native speaker of Kelantan dialect, I amused myself with this discovery.. personally, I think double consonant is one of the most fascinating and distinctive features in Kelantan dialect

just like QALQALAH la in reading Quran

because it has various ‘imbedded’ functions that can contrast meanings and grammatical structures (just by lengthening the first consonants – amazing!)

so my dear Kelantanese brothers and sisters, do tell me if I’m wrong.. I would love to hear it from true speakers of Kelantan dialect out there. to other would like to share about their dialect, any similarity or something else, please share at the comment ok? =)

Acu royak deh!

Che Deen Jumpa Hana Tajima?!

OMG!!
aku jumpa Hana Tajima la tadi!
gila teruja dapat tengok dengan dua bijik mata nie..
jumpa2 jugak, tengok2 jugak..
tapi kat tenet je la, google image..haha
ok, aku nak bagitau sesuatu pasal selekeh je..
aku susah nak paham dengan perangai orang..

sebagai contoh,
Hana Tajima pun selekeh jugak bila
dia pakai macam dalam gambar bawah nie..
jeng jeng jeng~

 selekeh dah nie, but still cute =P

adakah satu kesalahan yang besar
kalau aku pakai pakaian yang selekeh?
maksud aku stylo dan selamba, bukannya pengotor..

nak pergi shopping mall je la, nie terjadi masa aku kat KL~

kalau aku pakai seluar tiga suku la (dah tutup aurat)

dan kata kan pakai selipar jepun!

ataupun pakai baju t-shirt round neck biase je..

mesti orang sekeliling tengok macam nak makan kita!

tu baru starting, nie part yang paling best..

nak masuk ke kedai yang kira macam branded sikit la

LEVIS, MacBETH, atau ape2 je yang branded berbagai..

mesti salesman/girl tengok kita macam kita nie

tak layak masuk kedai yorang..

satu lagi, kalau kita nak tanye saiz atau kita nak cuba baju,

mesti yorang teragak2 nak bagi kita pakai/try,

pastu mula la kata size dah habis..

aku pun tak kisah~ banyak lagi kedai lain~

selekeh? mesti pokai? betol ke?

tapi kalau pakai smart2 mesti orang akan layan kita,

dan kalau kita yang pakai smart2 nak cuba,

mesti dia bagi punye walaupun tak beli sekalipun!

hish~ pelik la, pelik kan!

so kepada sape2 yang keje kat kedai2 tu jangan berlagak ok..

jangan tengok orang pada fizikal je..

tengok isi dalam poket la! haha..

sebagai rakyat Malaysia yang bekerja,

kita kena la ramah layan pelanggan,

bukan setakat buat keje bila dibayar!
ok, dah puas hati aku..haha