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gudemehabubei



Definitions

  1. EN: compassion; mercy. compassion; mercy. (gold)

Morphological structure

`gudemehabubei` combines: the root **`gudemehabu`** + the suffix **`-bei`** (FUT | EXTR: Intermediate-future tense suffix (-ba); also serves as the relative-clause / extractor (-EXTR) marker when followed by a person suffix. Same lexeme synchronically, different functions.).

Position Form Label Function Academic source
suffix -bei FUT | EXTR Intermediate-future tense suffix (-ba); also serves as the relative-clause / extractor (-EXTR) marker when followed by a person suffix. Same lexeme synchronically, different functions. Grammar_of_Garifuna p138, p259-261

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

Cross-source corroboration (3 sources)

  • 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
  • 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); 2 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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