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ababagüdaü

noun (deverbal)

the act of making something spotted or speckled (‑aü nominal, ELD-02); that which is made something spotted or speckled

Garifuturist illustration from the Royal Publishing House package

Meaning & authority

Evidence state: SOURCE-ATTESTED LEXICAL SENSE

Teaching authority: rules: MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA + cited academic laws; engine v2 glass-box

How this word is built

Root: ababagüda — To make something spotted or speckled

  • OP:HAU — see LAW_CODEX_v2.1 · OP:HAU

patient/result nominalizer (ELD-02) [OP:HAU]

Applied laws: OP:HAU

Why this matters

Why — That which is X-ed (patient/result nominal); terminal -aü umlaut load-bearing. SEAM (elder-ruled 2026-07-17): a-final verbs take simply -ü (áluaha→áluahaü, Director gloss 'the act of looking for'); duplicated *-hahaü is illegal (§20 haplology at the ha+haü seam). (Unit I (138 dict heads); Director anügahaü ruling; ORTH:AU_UMLAUT) [PRINCIPLES-ONLY — paraphrased]

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