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Definitions

  1. EN: shyness (silver)
    ES: timidez (silver)

Morphological structure

`haburi` combines: the prefix **`ha-`** (3.PL: third-person plural subject and possessor prefix. Homographic with the demonstrative há (see particle paradigm).) + the root **`buri`**.

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

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

Example sentences (2)

  • Garifuna: giyo buri haburi tanigu MIna
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Uwarani group performance, Actuación del grupo Uwarani, Desempenho do grupo Uwarani. Participant: None.
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  • Garifuna: sun la girigia haburi abihibali
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Luis and Julio discuss Garifuna Spirituality, Luis y Julio hablan de la espiritualidad garifuna, Luis e Julio discutem a Espiritualidade Garifuna. Participant: None.
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    — License: ELAR O_OpenAccess; attribution required; per-item license review required for pu

Cross-source corroboration (1 source)

  • Garifuna_Living_Dictionary
    See this entry also at the Living Dictionaries platform: https://livingdictionaries.app/garifuna/

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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