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Ariha



Definitions

  1. EN: see (gold)

Morphological structure

`Ariha` combines: the root **`ari`** + the suffix **`-ha`** (ITER: iterative aspect — action or event took place multiple times. Compatible with most other TAM markers.).

Position Form Label Function Academic source
suffix -ha ITER iterative aspect — action or event took place multiple times. Compatible with most other TAM markers. Grammar_of_Garifuna p138

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: Ariha numutu Múbe lurúgabu átahagūlei, bacháruwa.
    English: I saw August near the bar yesterday, she was drunk.
    Spanish: Ayer vi a August cerca del bar, estaba borracha.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: Ariha(yaha)ti wügüri baranahoun lun ladairuñ uduraü.
    English: The man gazed at the sea to find fish.
    Spanish: El hombre miró al mar para encontrar peces.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)

Cross-source corroboration (6 sources)

  • Diccionario_Garifuna
    Diccionario Garifuna — public domain.
  • Diccionario_de_las_Lenguas_de_Honduras
    *Diccionario de las lenguas de Honduras: español, chortí, garífuna, isleño, miskito, pech, tawahka, tolupán*, coordinator Dr. Víctor Manuel Ramos; Garifuna translations by Justa Aurelia Suazo. AECID/H
  • 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 6 foundation source(s); 3 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).

This entry is presented as part of an open lexicographic research project on the Garifuna language. Linguistic facts such as headword identity, morphology labels, and corroboration counts are treated separately from source-authored text. Source text, glosses, examples, and attributions follow the rights lane and per-source notice above.

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