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Definitions

  1. EN: take (silver)

Morphological structure

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

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 (2)

  • Garifuna: Barü bei abeihagülei lun wáfaruni suáfuru le.
    English: Bring the whip so we can chase this horse.
    Spanish: Trae el látigo para que podamos perseguir a este caballo.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: Barü bei abeihagülei lun wáfaruni suwáfuru le.
    English: Bring the whip so we can chase this horse.
    Spanish: Trae el látigo para que podamos perseguir a este caballo.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)

Cross-source corroboration (1 source)

This headword is corroborated by 1 foundation source(s); 0 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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