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Definitions

  1. EN: see (gold)

Morphological structure

`bariha` combines: the prefix **`b-`** (2.SG: second-person singular subject and possessor prefix) + 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
prefix b- 2.SG second-person singular subject and possessor prefix Stark_PersonMarking p31; Grammar_of_Garifuna passim
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: yein gei bariha
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Interview with Roy Cayetano, Entrevista con Roy Cayetano, Entrevista com Roy Cayetano. Participant: None.
    — Source link
    — License: ELAR O_OpenAccess; attribution required; per-item license review required for pu
  • Garifuna: Labarihaya namúlein béya giyen ladüga hérouga lan barána.
    English: My little brother is fishing from the shore because the sea is rough.
    Spanish: Mi hermanito está pescando desde la orilla porque el mar es duro.
    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).

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