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Definitions

  1. EN: seed; bone (silver)

Morphological structure

`habu` combines: the prefix **`h-`** (2.PL: second-person plural subject and possessor prefix) + the root **`abu`**.

Position Form Label Function Academic source
prefix h- 2.PL second-person plural subject and possessor prefix Stark_PersonMarking p31

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: Areini-habu tumutu hiñaru tühüra lun fedu.
    English: The woman manicures her hands for the party.
    Spanish: La mujer manicura sus manos para la fiesta.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: habu garinagu
    Source: ELAR / SOAS Endangered Languages Archive, SG0340 — Arumahani / Abaimahani (traditional Garifuna songs). Session: Interview with Lily Zapata 1, Entrevista con Lily Zapata 1, Entrevista com Lily Zapata 1. Participant: None.
    — Source link
    — License: ELAR O_OpenAccess; attribution required; per-item license review required for pu
  • Garifuna: Sun mutu aban habu tigíbugien lúrudu, ani yuti giñe tun lúrudu taríhin hau. Yuti
    giñe tun lúrudu, lidan úarani, tererehan hau gürigia ligibugien furumieguarügü
    lúyeri nabahüdüni.
    Source: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Garifuna translation, Article 7. Public domain (United Nations).
    — Source link
    — License: OHCHR public — UDHR translations for educational use

Cross-source corroboration (2 sources)

  • 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.
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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