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barín

ba-rin


Primary lexicographic source: Lila_Garifuna_Diccionario_Garifuna_Espanol

Definitions

  1. EN: barrel (silver_mt)
    ES: barril (gold)
  2. EN: wooden barrel (silver_mt)
    ES: tonel de madera (gold)
  3. EN: rhombus (silver_mt)
    ES: rombo (gold)
  4. EN: rhomboid (silver_mt)
    ES: romboide (gold)

Morphological structure

`barín` combines: the prefix **`b-`** (2.SG: second-person singular subject and possessor prefix) + the root **`arí`** + the suffix **`-n`** (USPEC: Underspecified marker on verbs — commonly appears between stem and object/aspect markers. Glosses to USPEC in Haurholm-Larsen.).

Position Form Label Function Academic source
prefix b- 2.SG second-person singular subject and possessor prefix Stark_PersonMarking p31; Grammar_of_Garifuna passim
suffix -n USPEC Underspecified marker on verbs — commonly appears between stem and object/aspect markers. Glosses to USPEC in Haurholm-Larsen. Grammar_of_Garifuna p261; Haurholm-Larsen

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: Wéiriti barín lé.
    English: This barrel is big.
    Spanish: Este barril es grande.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: Achálahati dúna lídan barín.
    English: The water splashed in the barrel.
    Spanish: El agua salpicó en el barril.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
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Cross-source corroboration (7 sources)

  • Hererun_Wagüchagu_Dimurei_Agei_Garifuna — ES: barril; tonel. barrel. — EN: barrel; barrel. rail.
    Hererun Wagüchagu Dimurei Agei Garífuna — used with respect for the work; full author permission outreach pending.
  • Garifuna_Living_Dictionary — ES: barril — EN: barrel
    See this entry also at the Living Dictionaries platform: https://livingdictionaries.app/garifuna/
  • Diccionario_Garifuna
    Diccionario Garifuna — public domain.
  • Diccionario_de_las_Lenguas_de_Honduras
    *Diccionario de las lenguas de Honduras: español, chortí, garífuna, isleño, miskito, pech, tawahka, tolupán*, coordinator Dr. Víctor Manuel Ramos; Garifuna translations by Justa Aurelia Suazo. AECID/H

This headword is corroborated by 7 foundation source(s); 4 are named publicly. Additional corroborators contribute to confidence scoring but are not named in this public output due to permission scope.

See also

  • Garifuna Living Dictionaries — This headword is also documented at the Living Dictionaries platform — visit their entry for additional community-contributed material.

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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