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Definitions

  1. EN: drink (silver)

Morphological structure

`guraba` combines: the root **`gura`** + the suffix **`-ba`** (FUT | EXTR: Intermediate-future tense suffix (-ba); also serves as the relative-clause / extractor (-EXTR) marker when followed by a person suffix. Same lexeme synchronically, different functions.).

Position Form Label Function Academic source
suffix -ba FUT | EXTR Intermediate-future tense suffix (-ba); also serves as the relative-clause / extractor (-EXTR) marker when followed by a person suffix. Same lexeme synchronically, different functions. Grammar_of_Garifuna p138, p259-261

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: Reidei tina ya uguñe lun nugurabaha.
    English: I stayed here today to wait.
    Spanish: Me quedé aquí hoy para esperar.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: Aníhein higídi luágu dábula, agurabahéi láfaru ubá Dugú.
    English: The turtle is on the alter, awaiting the sacrifice for the Dugú ceremony.
    Spanish: La tortuga está en el altar, esperando el sacrificio para la ceremonia de Dugú.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: agurabatina lun
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Interview with Mariano Gotay, Entrevista con Mariano Gotay, Entrevista com Mariano Gotay. Participant: None.
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    — License: ELAR O_OpenAccess; attribution required; per-item license review required for pu
  • Garifuna: kei tigaburi hagurabaha
    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.
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    — License: ELAR O_OpenAccess; attribution required; per-item license review required for pu

Cross-source corroboration (2 sources)

  • 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 2 foundation source(s); 1 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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