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abadiha

a-bá-di-ha


Primary lexicographic source: Lila_Garifuna_Diccionario_Garifuna_Espanol

Definitions

  1. ES: batir | estar batiendo (gold)

Morphological structure

`abadiha` combines: the root **`abadi`** + the suffix **`-ha`** (ITER: iterative aspect — action or event took place multiple times. Compatible with most other TAM markers.).

Position Form Label Function Academic source
suffix -ha ITER iterative aspect — action or event took place multiple times. Compatible with most other TAM markers. Grammar_of_Garifuna p138

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: Abadiha numuti gúwin láu bágarabudu.
    English: I baited my fishhook with a ittle crab with a big claw,.
    Spanish: Carné mi anzuelo con un cangrejo con una gran garra,.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: Óuseratu núguchu abadihatu lun tadügün timíligi fáluma.
    English: My mother uses the blender to make coconut milk.
    Spanish: Mi madre usa la licuadora para hacer leche de coco.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)

Attribution: 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 Suazo estate via Vianey Suazo (2026-05-04); open re-licensing requires written re-confirmation.

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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