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BAÑA



Definitions

  1. EN: ina (silver)

Morphological structure

`BAÑA` combines: the prefix **`b-`** (2.SG: second-person singular subject and possessor prefix) + the root **`aña`**.

Position Form Label Function Academic source
prefix b- 2.SG second-person singular subject and possessor prefix Stark_PersonMarking p31; Grammar_of_Garifuna passim

Framework: Haurholm-Larsen et al. — *A Grammar of Garifuna*; Stark *Person Marking*; Barchas-Lichtenstein; Munro *Negatives in Garifuna*; documented in 02_paradigms/

Example sentences (3)

  • Garifuna: Libé ágei dan achúra áu luma subúdi haságaru baña iráhüyün dañ le hagûreiweiduniya ibirieni.
    English: The children often are smart and knowledgeable when their parents challenge them.
    Spanish: Los niños a menudo son inteligentes y conocedores cuando sus padres los desafían.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: furumienti baña nuba lidan emeri le
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Libaña Maraza – Arumahani at ELA, Libaña Maraza – Arumahani en ELA, Libaña Maraza – Arumahani na ELA. Participant: None.
    — Source link
    — License: ELAR O_OpenAccess; attribution required; per-item license review required for pu
  • Garifuna: ha magambadi baña houn hagübürigu
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Nen Ñunez stories 1, Historias de Nen Ñunez 1, Histórias de Nen Ñunez 1. Participant: None.
    — Source link
    — License: ELAR O_OpenAccess; attribution required; per-item license review required for pu

Cross-source corroboration (1 source)

  • Lila_Garifuna_Diccionario_Garifuna_Espanol
    Lila Garífuna: Diccionario Garífuna-Garífuna-Español by Salvador Suazo (Litografía López, Tegucigalpa, 2011). Used for non-commercial Garifuna language preservation under verbal permission from the Su
Academic paradigm citations (Haurholm-Larsen framework)
  • Haurholm-Larsen, S. *A Grammar of Garifuna*. Brill (2016).
  • Haurholm-Larsen, S. *Clitics, affixes, and wordhood in Garifuna*.
  • Stark, T. *Person marking in Garifuna* (Stanford).
  • Munro, P. *Negatives in Garifuna*.
  • Barchas-Lichtenstein, J. *Garifuna* (Ph.D. dissertation).
  • Cayetano, E. R. *Towards a Common Garifuna Orthography* (NGC, 1992).

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