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Wéiriti



Definitions

  1. EN: great (gold)

Morphological structure

`Wéiriti` combines: the root **`wéiri`** + the suffix **`-ti`** (T3.M: third-person masculine singular subject suffix (T-paradigm). Most frequent verb-final suffix in narrative.).

Position Form Label Function Academic source
suffix -ti T3.M third-person masculine singular subject suffix (T-paradigm). Most frequent verb-final suffix in narrative. Grammar_of_Garifuna p138; Stark_PersonMarking p73

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

Example sentences (2)

  • Garifuna: Wéiriti lári Wán.
    English: John’s teeth are big. My teeth hurt-gariti nari. I have 32 teet darandi-biama yen nari. I lost a tooth yesterday- feiriditina aban ari gunaru.(added)
    Spanish: Los dientes de John son grandes. Mis dientes duelen-gariti nari. Tengo 32 teet darandi-biama yen nari. Perdí un diente ayer- feiriditina aban ari gunaru. (añadido)
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: Wéiriti barín lé.
    English: This barrel is big.
    Spanish: Este barril es grande.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)

Cross-source corroboration (3 sources)

  • Hererun_Wagüchagu_Dimurei_Agei_Garifuna
    Hererun Wagüchagu Dimurei Agei Garífuna — used with respect for the work; full author permission outreach pending.

This headword is corroborated by 3 foundation source(s); 1 are named publicly. Additional corroborators contribute to confidence scoring but are not named in this public output due to permission scope.

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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