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ariñaguahouwa
derived form
EN to be whispered a secret (passive)
Meaning & authority
Evidence state: SOURCE-ATTESTED LEXICAL SENSE
Attributed sources: Hererun Wagüchagu · new dictionary
How the form is built
Root: ariñagua — to whisper a secret
MAG:CONTRIB §24 [MAG:CONTRIB §24]
LARSEN:WA_PASSIVE [LARSEN:WA_PASSIVE]
Applied laws: MAG:CONTRIB §24 · LARSEN:WA_PASSIVE
Academic teaching rationale
Why — -wa creates intransitives from transitives: PASSIVE (erstwhile O becomes S, indexed on the verb; secondary stress on the stem-final syllable) and IMPERSONAL (no argument indexed: áfarùwa=mèha wabésina 'our neighbour was killed'). Combines with clitics (=nege, =buga). (Haurholm-Larsen, S. (2016). A Grammar of Garifuna. PhD diss., Univ. of Bern (collection upload 2026-07-17, full permission/attribution) §6.1.2 exx.175–176) [PRINCIPLES-ONLY — paraphrased]
Voices & attributed examples (3)
ariñagua tia redobuli, ka funa ñaun ásügürübai
Salvador Suazo, Lila Garifuna Diccionario A-Y — permission granted · attributed_permission_grantedariñagua tia adobuli, ka funa ñaun ásügürübai
Lila Garifuna Diccionario (Salvador Suazo) · attributed_permission_grantedlariñagun raüwa íchiga uganu lua- gu auweni, luagu lamiselu, gudaü luma fuludu [ariñagua tia redobuli, ka funa ñaun ásügürübai ].
Suazo — Lila Garífuna Diccionario (permission granted) · attributed_sentence_bank
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