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Definitions

  1. EN: be hard-working, work hard, ser trabajador (silver)

Morphological structure

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

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: anhein gien benefa lubei iyeri le
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Nen Ñunez stories 2, Historias de Nen Ñunez 2, Histórias de Nen Ñunez 2. Participant: None.
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    — License: ELAR O_OpenAccess; attribution required; per-item license review required for pu
  • Garifuna: why not bou? check benefatu or benefa
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Nen Ñunez stories 2, Historias de Nen Ñunez 2, Histórias de Nen Ñunez 2. Participant: None.
    — Source link
    — License: ELAR O_OpenAccess; attribution required; per-item license review required for pu
  • Garifuna: Chülütiya adamuhatiya Yurumein, aba habenefadu gürígiya.
    English: The colonist arrived in St. Vincent, and the people got brave.
    Spanish: El colono llegó a San Vicente, y la gente se puso valiente.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)

Cross-source corroboration (1 source)

  • Garifuna_Living_Dictionary
    See this entry also at the Living Dictionaries platform: https://livingdictionaries.app/garifuna/

See also

  • Garifuna Living Dictionaries — This headword is also documented at the Living Dictionaries platform — visit their entry for additional community-contributed material.
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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