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Definitions

  1. EN: drunk (silver)

Morphological structure

`gatadi` combines: the root **`gata`** + the suffix **`-di-`** (PRF: perfect aspect marker. Often appears with person suffix to mark completion.).

Position Form Label Function Academic source
suffix -di- PRF perfect aspect marker. Often appears with person suffix to mark completion. Grammar_of_Garifuna p138; Stark_PersonMarking p56-73

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

Example sentences (1)

  • Garifuna: o gatadi la
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Nen Ñunez stories 2, Historias de Nen Ñunez 2, Histórias de Nen Ñunez 2. Participant: None.
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    — License: ELAR O_OpenAccess; attribution required; per-item license review required for pu

Cross-source corroboration (1 source)

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