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mewendedalei
verb (inflected)
EN let him not make beautiful
Meaning & authority
Evidence state: SOURCE-ATTESTED LEXICAL SENSE
Attributed sources: Hererun Wagüchagu · lenguas honduras · LILA Garífuna Diccionario / Salvador Suazo · stockle carib
How the form is built
Root: ewendeda — make beautiful
negative optative (ELD-09①) [NEG:OPTATIVE]
Applied laws: NEG:OPTATIVE
Academic teaching rationale
Why — The §9 optative person series on a negative stem: 'let X not …' (máluahanei 'let me not look for', máluahahamei 'let them not look for'). (MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA elder-dictation ELD-20260717-09; Magarada §9 optative series) [PRINCIPLES-ONLY — paraphrased]
Voices & attributed examples (3)
anugura ewendeda||2. íchiga uwendeni luagu somu katai [ ariha bámugai tewendedun
Salvador Suazo, Lila Garifuna Diccionario A-Y — permission granted · attributed_permission_grantedanugura ewendeda
Lila Garifuna Diccionario (Salvador Suazo) · attributed_permission_grantedariha bmugai tewendedun
Lila Garifuna Diccionario (Salvador Suazo) · attributed_permission_granted
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