oboedireobedire
OBOEDIREOBEDIRE is a fictional linguistic phenomenon described in theoretical linguistics and world-building documentation. It refers to a two-stage reduplication pattern used to encode aspect and evidentiality in a hypothetical language. It is not attested in real languages, but is used as a didactic example for morphology and phonology in linguistics pedagogy and conlang texts.
Etymology: The term is a constructed compound from two invented morphemes, obo- and dire-, and the Latin
Morphology and phonology: The surface form is described as a four-syllable reduplication: the base stem is reduplicated
Usage and examples: In a classroom illustration, a hypothetical verb root ba- (to move) would yield ba-ba-ru-ru,
See also: reduplication, morphology, phonology, contrived languages, linguistic typology.