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gaságü

noun (possessed)

Evidence routed

EN having/with bag

Meaning & authority

Evidence state: SOURCE-ATTESTED LEXICAL SENSE

Attributed sources: gld

Academic authority: rules: MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA + cited academic laws; engine v2 glass-box

How the form is built

Root: ságü — bag

  • MAG:GA_MA — see LAW_CODEX_v2.1 · MAG:GA_MA
  • LARSEN:POSSESSION — Haurholm-Larsen 2016 (possession, relational classifiers)

polarity ga-/ma- [MAG:GA_MA]

possession (Haurholm-Larsen 2016) [LARSEN:POSSESSION]

Applied laws: MAG:GA_MA · LARSEN:POSSESSION

Academic teaching rationale

Why — ga- 'have/with X' vs ma- 'without/lacking X' form minimal pairs on nouns (gabunuru/mabunuru luck) and verbs (ga- on a verb = 'does X well'). Stacks with person: mabunurutina 'I have no luck'. m- + root + -gubeiyanu/-gubeiyadiwa = negative perfect 'never'. (Magarada §3, §9; Munro & Gallagher negatives (m-/ma-)) [FULL-AUTHOR-GRANT]

Why — Attributive possession by possessive prefixes with an inalienable/alienable split; non-possessive marking; relational classifiers (3 types); suppletive/non-possessable nouns; predicative possession via denominal possessive predicate (ga-/ma- pair) and comitative 'exist with' (úma) — the exact structures behind MAG:GA_MA and Munro's gáma/máma and the Director's úwati possession teaching. (Haurholm-Larsen, S. (2016). A Grammar of Garifuna. PhD diss., Univ. of Bern (collection upload 2026-07-17, full permission/attribution) §3.5.1 exx.78ff) [PRINCIPLES-ONLY — paraphrased]

Voices & attributed examples (3)

  1. 1. Béibugaa san óuchaha? 2. Nóuchaha yan néigagüdüniyan iráhüyün há ságü wéyu. 3. Néibugaa óuchahei nubúnurun kasínorugu. 4. Nóuchaha yein óuchawaguni lé.

    Garifuna Living Dictionary (Munro and Flores) · attributed_permission_granted

  2. Agányeinha numuti lé buga tídan ságü.

    Garifuna Living Dictionary (Munro and Flores) · attributed_permission_granted

  3. Aníhein fádiri apúrichiha ligílisirugu ságü dimáasu.

    Garifuna Living Dictionary (Munro and Flores) · attributed_permission_granted
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