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abadi

a-bá-di


Primary lexicographic source: Lila_Garifuna_Diccionario_Garifuna_Espanol

Definitions

  1. EN: memory (silver_mt)
    ES: memoria (gold)
  2. EN: mention (silver_mt)
    ES: mención (gold)
  3. EN: remembrance (silver_mt)
    ES: recuerdo (gold)

Morphological structure

`abadi` combines: the root **`aba`** + the suffix **`-di-`** (PRF: perfect aspect marker. Often appears with person suffix to mark completion.).

Position Form Label Function Academic source
suffix -di- PRF perfect aspect marker. Often appears with person suffix to mark completion. Grammar_of_Garifuna p138; Stark_PersonMarking p56-73

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

Example sentences (5)

  • Garifuna: Mabuídunti labadina wügüri le, mégeiti furíegi.
    English: This man is unwell in his mental state, he needs prayer/cleansing.
    Spanish: Este hombre está enfermo en su estado mental, necesita oración/limpieza.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: Abadiha numuti gúwin láu bágarabudu.
    English: I baited my fishhook with a ittle crab with a big claw,.
    Spanish: Carné mi anzuelo con un cangrejo con una gran garra,.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: masiginehabadina
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Interview with Desere Diego, Entrevista con Desere Diego, Entrevista com Desere Diego. Participant: None.
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  • Garifuna: iyo manurahabadina
    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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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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