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Definitions

  1. EN: majority (gold)

Morphological structure

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

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: Hagéi san geléin?
    English: Where’s the key?
    Spanish: ¿Dónde está la llave?
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: Buchíchi hamuti sagádi dán lé hagéindagun.
    English: They flattened the grass when they fought.
    Spanish: Aplanaron la hierba cuando pelearon.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)

Cross-source corroboration (3 sources)

  • Diccionario_Garifuna
    Diccionario Garifuna — public domain.
  • 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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