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mamayadina
derived form
EN I am currently grandmothering
Meaning & authority
Evidence state: SOURCE-ATTESTED LEXICAL SENSE
Attributed sources: Hererun Wagüchagu · The People’s Garífuna Dictionary · stockle carib
How the form is built
Root: mama — grandmother
Y-series progressive [OP:Y_SERIES]
Applied laws: OP:Y_SERIES
Academic teaching rationale
Why — -yein = 3sg MASC state ('he is at/in/X-ing'; also locative root yein 'there'); -youn = 3sg FEM; -yanu = plural. Polarity CORRECTED 2026-06-21b: yein=M, youn=F. -youn also 'again/only/my turn' with weary singled-out tone (auwyoun). (Magarada rulings + Unit III (upgraded corpus-attested: yeinyein, yeinyoun, ruguyein/-youn/-yanu; amúleyein anchor); Munro papers neither posit nor deny (Y-series is Magarada's, exclusively)) [FULL-AUTHOR-GRANT]
Voices & attributed examples (3)
1. mama ligia | mama buma nayanuha
Salvador Suazo, Lila Garifuna Diccionario A-Y — permission granted · attributed_permission_grantedaná wuribatibu | mama niduhe to, aná túgu- ta
Salvador Suazo, Lila Garifuna Diccionario A-Y — permission granted · attributed_permission_grantedariha bämugaun mutu tugia, mama tididein
Salvador Suazo, Lila Garifuna Diccionario A-Y — permission granted · attributed_permission_granted
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