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míbeyanu
derived form
EN they are reduce
Meaning & authority
Evidence state: SOURCE-ATTESTED LEXICAL SENSE
Attributed sources: gld · stockle carib
How the form is built
Root: míbe — reduce
OP:STATIVE [OP:STATIVE]
Y-series progressive [OP:Y_SERIES]
Applied laws: OP:STATIVE · OP:Y_SERIES
Academic teaching rationale
Why — State/adjective roots conjugate: sandiyadina 'I am sick', sandiyanu 'they are sick'; bucharuwayadu 'you all are tired'. Fused progressive layer -ya- distinguishes from ordinary agentive -dina/-dibu (different morpheme). (Magarada §10; Unit III (-yadina 12 word-final; -yadibu 3; -yadiwa 0; -yadu 3; -yadiya 0); Stark active/stative alignment corroboration) [PRINCIPLES-ONLY — paraphrased]
Why — -yein = 3sg MASC state ('he is at/in/X-ing'; also locative root yein 'there'); -youn = 3sg FEM; -yanu = plural. Polarity CORRECTED 2026-06-21b: yein=M, youn=F. -youn also 'again/only/my turn' with weary singled-out tone (auwyoun). (Magarada rulings + Unit III (upgraded corpus-attested: yeinyein, yeinyoun, ruguyein/-youn/-yanu; amúleyein anchor); Munro papers neither posit nor deny (Y-series is Magarada's, exclusively)) [FULL-AUTHOR-GRANT]
Voices & attributed examples (1)
Míbeti.
Garifuna Living Dictionary (Munro and Flores) · attributed_permission_granted
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