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egeyedaguanarügütiwa
EN we only deviate / we simply deviate (does nothing but deviate)
Meaning & authority
Evidence state: COMPOSITIONAL CANDIDATE — elder validation required
Academic authority: MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA 2026-06-24 (constant-habitual -guadügü/-guarügü/-guadugu 'constantly / for no apparent reason'; restrictive -guanarugu 'only / simply / merely'; his attested examples); Haurholm-Larsen 2016 §3.3.4 (-ti/-tu); Stark 2018 (diachronic *-thi/*-thu)
How the form is built
Root: egeyeda — to deviate
- RST 'only / simply / merely' — MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA 2026-06-24 (constant-habitual -guadügü/-guarügü/-guadugu 'constantly / for no apparent reason'; restrictive -guanarugu 'only / simply / merely'; his attested examples)
- 1PL agentive (no prefix) — Haurholm-Larsen 2016 §3.3.4 (-ti/-tu); Stark 2018 (diachronic *-thi/*-thu)
Paradigm: magarada_aspect
-guanarugu — RST 'only / simply / merely' [MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA 2026-06-24 (constant-habitual -guadügü/-guarügü/-guadugu 'constantly / for no apparent reason'; restrictive -guanarugu 'only / simply / merely'; his attested examples)]
-tiwa — 1PL agentive (no prefix) [Haurholm-Larsen 2016 §3.3.4 (-ti/-tu); Stark 2018 (diachronic *-thi/*-thu)]
Academic teaching rationale
### egeyedaguanarugutiwa *“we only deviate / we simply deviate (does nothing but deviate).”* The form **egeyedaguanarugutiwa** is built upon the root *egeyeda*, “to deviate” (NISAMINA master dictionary). To it are joined the element *-guanarugu* (RST 'only / simply / merely'), whose force is given by the elder paradigm; then the element *-tiwa* (1PL agentive (no prefix)), whose force is given by the elder paradigm. Taken whole, the word means precisely “we only deviate / we simply deviate (does nothing but deviate)” — its gloss states the fully-inflected sense, never the bare meaning of the root. Set against its kin, **negeyeda** (“I deviate”); **begeyeda** (“you deviate”): each shares the same stem yet bends it to a different shade of meaning, which is exactly how Garífuna wins great precision from a single root. While a citation of this exact form still awaits collection, its root is heard in living speech, as in *“Aban tígiragildiin wanúi to múnadagiñe. Tiabi, tiábi. Lamfdan úma lúmagua, nujein aban tidibu wewe nei, ma tueirin. Lidan tegéyedangubei wanúi to lau tidibu wewe to itara, Úriwa irúmu tau egéyeda lau tídibu wewe to lubá táriúgidiini ima le. surúrugu lun tidin tubáruaguoun. Tugiya fimada, tugúya fimada, tugúya fimada. Tachúliiriin tebénari mansión, aban táwarun lun tu
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