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Primary lexicographic source: Lila_Garifuna_Diccionario_Garifuna_Espanol

Definitions

  1. EN: ball (silver_mt)
    ES: pelota (gold)
  2. EN: ball (silver_mt)
    ES: balón (gold)
  3. EN: spherical (silver_mt)
    ES: esférico (gold)

Morphological structure

`bali` combines: the prefix **`b-`** (2.SG: second-person singular subject and possessor prefix) + the root **`ali`**.

Position Form Label Function Academic source
prefix b- 2.SG second-person singular subject and possessor prefix 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 (4)

  • Garifuna: Esemeiha lumuti wügüri bali le labinhabei irahu.
    English: The man dodged the ball that the child threw.
    Spanish: El hombre esquivó la pelota que el niño lanzó.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: Ságü Fédurugu hayánuha luágu ayéri le agáyeinru bali sügüguaü.
    English: Every Christmas they talk about the man who won the race.
    Spanish: Cada Navidad hablan del hombre que ganó la carrera.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: Wügüri aluaha bali
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Luis and Julio discuss Garifuna Spirituality, Luis y Julio hablan de la espiritualidad garifuna, Luis e Julio discutem a Espiritualidade Garifuna. Participant: None.
    — Source link
    — License: ELAR O_OpenAccess; attribution required; per-item license review required for pu
  • Garifuna: le adügü bali iremu
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Libaña Maraza – Arumahani at ELA, Libaña Maraza – Arumahani en ELA, Libaña Maraza – Arumahani na ELA. Participant: None.
    — Source link
    — License: ELAR O_OpenAccess; attribution required; per-item license review required for pu

Cross-source corroboration (5 sources)

  • Hererun_Wagüchagu_Dimurei_Agei_Garifuna — ES: pelota. ball. baligi sm 0 adj, ceniza; color gris. ash; gray color. — EN: ball. ball. baligi sm 0 adj, ash; gray. ash; gray color.
    Hererun Wagüchagu Dimurei Agei Garífuna — used with respect for the work; full author permission outreach pending.
  • Diccionario_Garifuna — ES: pelota — EN: ball
    Diccionario Garifuna — public domain.
  • Diccionario_de_las_Lenguas_de_Honduras — ES: balón — EN: ball.
    *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
  • Lila_Garifuna_Diccionario_Garifuna_Espanol
    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 Su

This headword is corroborated by 5 foundation source(s); 4 are named publicly. Additional corroborators contribute to confidence scoring but are not named in this public output due to permission scope.

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).

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.

Rights notice: Source-specific rights apply. Public distribution is limited to non-commercial Garifuna language-preservation use with attribution. This build does not sublicense Suazo/Lila-derived content under Creative Commons or any other open license until written estate confirmation is obtained.


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