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gáraru

gá-ra-ru


Primary lexicographic source: Lila_Garifuna_Diccionario_Garifuna_Espanol

Definitions

  1. EN: real turtle (silver_mt)
    ES: tortuga real (gold)

Example sentences (2)

  • Garifuna: Láu gáraru lagárabaguwa eréba.
    English: Cassava bread is turned over with the gararu.
    Spanish: El pan de mandioca se da vuelta con el gararu.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: Súbudi tumuti gáraru lémeri barawa lun ubóuhü lubarouna weyu.
    English: The hawksbill turtle knows the oceanic route to the eastern caye.
    Spanish: La tortuga hawksbill conoce la ruta oceánica hacia el caye oriental.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)

Cross-source corroboration (3 sources)

  • Garifuna_Living_Dictionary — ES: utensilio de madera usado para voltear casabe — EN: wooden utensil used to turn cassava bread
    See this entry also at the Living Dictionaries platform: https://livingdictionaries.app/garifuna/

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.

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.

This entry is presented as part of an open lexicographic research project on the Garifuna language. Linguistic facts such as headword identity, morphology labels, and corroboration counts are treated separately from source-authored text. Source text, glosses, examples, and attributions follow the rights lane and per-source notice above.

Rights notice: Source-specific rights apply. Public distribution is limited to non-commercial Garifuna language-preservation use with attribution. This build does not sublicense Suazo/Lila-derived content under Creative Commons or any other open license until written estate confirmation is obtained.


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