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Definitions

  1. EN: yours (gold)
    ES: tuyo (gold)

Morphological structure

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

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 (3)

  • Garifuna: Achouragüdaba gáma bani lan séinsu lubáragiye bídin uburúgu.
    English: Ensure that you have money before you go to the town.
    Spanish: Asegúrate de tener dinero antes de ir a la ciudad.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: lun guarala chouru bani
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Interview with Austin Rodriguez, Entrevista con Austin Rodríguez, Entrevista com Austin Rodriguez. Participant: None.
    — Source link
    — License: ELAR O_OpenAccess; attribution required; per-item license review required for pu
  • Garifuna: bani lira lun baburuduni
    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 (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).

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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