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hamá

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hamá



Definitions

  1. EN: fly (silver)
    ES: volar (silver)

Morphological structure

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

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 (2)

  • Garifuna: Dûdü hei haña dán lé yíin hamá habien.
    English: They often are wet when they are at home.
    Spanish: A menudo están mojados cuando están en casa.
    Source: Garifuna Verified Sentences Corpus (community-hand-verified)
  • Garifuna: Adúburatien búri ha dán lé yíin hamá hábien.
    English: They often dive when they are at home.
    Spanish: A menudo se sumergen cuando están en casa.
    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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