쌍= a pair; 쌍쌍이 = in pairs
곳=a place; 곳곳이 = everywhere
I've noticed these two examples of this pattern, but I'm wondering how many others there are? If there are lots, how can I guess which nouns I might be able to do this with?
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2There are many words like these in English too. hokey-pokey, razzle-dazzle, super-duper, boogie-woogie, teenie-weenie, walkie-talkie, hoity-toity, wingding, ragtag, easy-peasy, bric-a-brac, chit-chat, criss-cross, ding-dong, jibber-jabber, kitty-cat, knick-knack, pitter-patter, splish-splash, zig-zag, flimflam, baby-shmaby, cancer-schmancer and fancy-schmancy. This is called reduplication.– MujjinGunDec 13, 2016 at 2:23
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I could find some other examples for compound adverbs that are made by reduplication(첩어) of a noun + adverbializer suffix (이):
간간이, 겹겹이, 골골샅샅이, 곳곳이, 길길이, 나날이 , 다달이, 땀땀이, 몫몫이, 번번이, 샅샅이, 알알이, 앞앞이, 일일이, 줄줄이, 집집이, 짬짬이, 철철이, 틈틈이
Besides, in Cambridge Language Surveys The Korean Language (page 257) you can find some explanations about this word structure.
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Since I coudn't copy-paste those explanations, I just added an image of that page of the book here:
