Haiku challenge Day 4

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Pet-pets for my girl:

Kitty, kitty, kitty - aw! -

Now there's licky-licks.

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Mămăhūhū is

A word that's supposed to mean

"So-so" in Chinese.

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Some phonemes may seem

Nonsensical for natives,

For linguists they're gold.

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