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auseraguanarügütina
EN I only try / I simply try (does nothing but try)
Meaning & authority
Evidence state: CONTEXT-ATTESTED FORM — source-attributed usage preserved
Attributed sources: LILA Garífuna Diccionario / Salvador Suazo · new dictionary · stockle carib
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: ausera — to try
- 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)
- 1SG 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)]
-tina — 1SG agentive (no prefix) [Haurholm-Larsen 2016 §3.3.4 (-ti/-tu); Stark 2018 (diachronic *-thi/*-thu)]
Academic teaching rationale
### auseraguanarugutina *“I only try / I simply try (does nothing but try).”* The form **auseraguanarugutina** is built upon the root *ausera*, “to try” (Lila Garífuna Diccionario (Suazo)). To it are joined the element *-guanarugu* (RST 'only / simply / merely'), whose force is given by the elder paradigm; then the element *-tina* (1SG agentive (no prefix)), whose force is given by the elder paradigm. Taken whole, the word means precisely “I only try / I simply try (does nothing but try)” — its gloss states the fully-inflected sense, never the bare meaning of the root. To see its precise force, compare **nausera** (“I try”); **bausera** (“you try”): 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. *The construction rests on Haurholm-Larsen 2016 §3.3.4 (-ti/-tu); MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA 2026-06-24 (constant-habitual -guadügü/-guarügü/-guadugu 'constantly / for no apparent reason'). This is a principled composition — a cited root joined to a cited paradigm — and so it is offered for fluent-elder validation rather than asserted as attested.*
Voices & attributed examples (3)
ariha ha- mdiwa | darigua hamdiwa | auseragua hamâdiwa
Salvador Suazo, Lila Garifuna Diccionario A-Y — permission granted · attributed_permission_grantedariha ha- mdiü | auseragua hamdiü
Salvador Suazo, Lila Garifuna Diccionario A-Y — permission granted · attributed_permission_grantedariha hamâdina | darigua hamdina | auseragua hamdina
Salvador Suazo, Lila Garifuna Diccionario A-Y — permission granted · attributed_permission_granted
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