Compositional teaching record

ababaüguanarügü

noun-derived

one's very own papaya (possessive-intensive; takes the N-/B-/W- possessive prefix, e.g. Nageiraüguanarügü 'my very own X')

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Meaning & authority

Evidence state: COMPOSITIONAL CANDIDATE — elder validation required

Teaching authority: MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA 2026-06-24 (the -aü state-noun family law — the gua/gubei suffix array attaches productively to -aü state-nouns; seam keeps -ü; his exclusive contribution)

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How this word is built

Root: ababaü — papaya

  • -aü family: 'one's very own X (possessive-intensive; takes the N-/B-/W- possessive prefix, e.g. Nageiraüguanarügü 'my very own X')' — MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA 2026-06-24 (the -aü state-noun family law — the gua/gubei suffix array attaches productively to -aü state-nouns; seam keeps -ü; his exclusive contribution)

Family law: -aü state-noun family (Magarada 2026-06-24)

Paradigm: au_stem_family

Form slot: AU.guanarügü

Applied laws: -aü state-noun family (Magarada 2026-06-24)

Why this matters

**ababaüguanarügü** is the -aü state-noun *ababaü* ‘papaya’ carrying the family suffix *-guanarügü*, and so reads ‘one's very own papaya (possessive-intensive; takes the N-/B-/W- possessive prefix, e.g. Nageiraüguanarügü 'my very own X')’. Under the -aü state-noun family law (MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA, 2026-06-24) the gua/gubei suffix array attaches productively to -aü state-nouns and the -ü of the seam is retained (*ababaü* + *-guanarügü* → *ababaüguanarügü*, never *ababaguanarügü*). This reading is a candidate generated deterministically from the elder-given rule and is flagged for fluent-elder validation.

ababaüguanarügü — LILA NISAMINA Garífuna Encyclopedia