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abachagüdati

a-bá-cha-gü-da-ti


Primary lexicographic source: Lila_Garifuna_Diccionario_Garifuna_Espanol

Definitions

  1. EN: action and effect of heating (silver_mt)
    ES: acción y efecto de calentar (gold)

Morphological structure

`abachagüdati` combines: the root **`abachagüda`** + the suffix **`-ti`** (T3.M: third-person masculine singular subject suffix (T-paradigm). Most frequent verb-final suffix in narrative.).

Position Form Label Function Academic source
suffix -ti T3.M third-person masculine singular subject suffix (T-paradigm). Most frequent verb-final suffix in narrative. Grammar_of_Garifuna p138; Stark_PersonMarking p73

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

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.

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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