Sequential word repetitions in the VMS

[ReneZ]

How about "马马虎虎" (mǎ mǎ hǔ hǔ = Horse-Horse-Tiger-Tiger)? It means 'so-so', 'passable', 'casual'.

Nice :-)
Thai uses nguu-nguu plaa-plaa which means snake-snake fish-fish, also meaning "so-so" (though only barely passable).

It has been indicated several times over the years that the Voynich MS text shares some properties with Asian languages like Chinese, but the problem is of course how and why Chinese would appear in an early 15th century European MS.

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