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Areidati



Definitions

  1. EN: Keep. Keep. (gold)

Morphological structure

`Areidati` combines: the root **`areida`** + 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/

Example sentences (1)

  • Garifuna: Areidati-ti wügûri arúfudahani lánina l-ísiri-gu lídan l-anígi lún m-abúleidu l-a.
    English: The man keeps the teaching of his ancestors in his heart so he does not forget.
    Spanish: El hombre mantiene la enseñanza de sus antepasados en su corazón para que no se olvide.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)

Cross-source corroboration (4 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 4 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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