en phonemic reduplicative multisyllabic word typically onomatopoeic or ideophonic whose syllables share either onset consonant rhyme and or pseudo rhyme featuring homorganic consonants all or some in which case one meaningful syllable tend to sound more concrete or certain than its từ láy counterpart of such syllables are often meaningless on their own such word typically expresses sense of pattern repetitiveness continuity downplaying dismissal softening or uncertainty compare hocus pocus etc
An English term in ConceptNet 5.8
Source: English Wiktionary