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mámu
verb (inflected)
EN not another; lacking another
Meaning & authority
Evidence state: SOURCE-ATTESTED LEXICAL SENSE
Attributed sources: The People’s Garífuna Dictionary · stockle carib
Academic authority: rules: MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA + cited academic laws; engine v2 glass-box
How the form is built
Root: ámu — another
- NEG:G_M_PAIR — see LAW_CODEX_v2.1 · NEG:G_M_PAIR
NEG:G_M_PAIR [NEG:G_M_PAIR]
Applied laws: NEG:G_M_PAIR
Academic teaching rationale
Why — Stative/potential/possessive verbs pair g- (affirmative/attributive) with m- (negative): gerémuhaditina 'I can sing' / merémuhadiitina 'I can't'; gabûdügü/mabûdügü 'will/won't have a store'; gíbetu/míbetu 'there is/isn't a lot'; gán/mán, gáma/máma 'have/not have'; galíyoun/malíyoun 'somewhere/nowhere'. (Munro & Gallagher, 'Garifuna Negatives' (The Expression of Negation in the Languages of the Americas / UCLA fieldwork, Seine Bight Belize) §B.3.3 exx.41–46, §H ex.112; Taylor 1956a; converges with MAG:GA_MA (Magarada §3)) [FULL-AUTHOR-GRANT]
Voices & attributed examples (1)
ariha båmugai ámu- ñehauwa
Salvador Suazo, Lila Garifuna Diccionario A-Y — permission granted · attributed_permission_granted
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