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gátaparaditiwa
derived form
EN we cover well
Meaning & authority
Evidence state: SOURCE-ATTESTED LEXICAL SENSE
Attributed sources: The People’s Garífuna Dictionary
How the form is built
Root: átapara — to cover
ga-…-di potential (ELD-03) [MAG:GA_DI_POT]
Applied laws: MAG:GA_DI_POT
Academic teaching rationale
Why — ga- (polarity 'have/do well') + root + -di (potential/excellence) + T-series: galuahaditi 'he searches/finds well'; -buriha stacks: ditiwaburiha 'we habitually at times'. Converges with Munro & Gallagher's morphological potential G-…-di- (gerémuhaditina 'I can sing'). (MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA elder-attestation 2026-07-17 (galuahaditi family); Munro & Gallagher Negatives §B.3.3 ex.41 (POT -di-)) [FULL-AUTHOR-GRANT]
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(á-ta-ba-ra) || átapara | 1.
Suazo — Lila Garífuna Diccionario (permission granted) · attributed_sentence_bank
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