Geminate in Tagalog

What is the translation of word Geminate in Tagalog/Filipino ?

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Defenition of word Geminate

• double or repeat (a speech sound).
• consisting of identical adjacent speech sounds, especially consonants; doubled.

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Other meanings of Geminate

• VERB

  tumubo grow germinate put forth profit develop geminate

• ADJECTIVE

  doble double dual twofold binary duple geminate

Examples

Because gemination is common in Dravidian languages, double consonants in written English are often geminated : ‘sum-mer’ for summer and ‘sil-lee’ for silly.