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habugunu



Definitions

  1. EN: hit someone (silver)

Morphological structure

`habugunu` combines: the prefix **`ha-`** (3.PL: third-person plural subject and possessor prefix. Homographic with the demonstrative há (see particle paradigm).) + the root **`bugu`** + the suffix **`-nu`** (USPEC | INDEF.OBJ: Underspecified person-marker, often used on lexicalised transitive verb stems and with non-referring objects.).

Position Form Label Function Academic source
prefix ha- 3.PL third-person plural subject and possessor prefix. Homographic with the demonstrative há (see particle paradigm). Stark_PersonMarking p31; Grammar_of_Garifuna passim
suffix -nu USPEC | INDEF.OBJ Underspecified person-marker, often used on lexicalised transitive verb stems and with non-referring objects. Grammar_of_Garifuna p261

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 (2 sources)

  • Garifuna_Living_Dictionary
    See this entry also at the Living Dictionaries platform: https://livingdictionaries.app/garifuna/
  • Hererun_Wagüchagu_Dimurei_Agei_Garifuna
    Hererun Wagüchagu Dimurei Agei Garífuna — used with respect for the work; full author permission outreach pending.

See also

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