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abiniraguadügütibu
EN you are a constant blesser — you do it constantly, for no apparent reason
Meaning & authority
Evidence state: CONTEXT-ATTESTED FORM — source-attributed usage preserved
Attributed sources: Hadel / Stochl dictionary evidence · Hererun Wagüchagu · LILA Garífuna Diccionario / Salvador Suazo · new dictionary · The People’s Garífuna 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: abinira — to bless
- CONST.HAB 'constantly / for no apparent reason' — MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA 2026-06-24 (constant-habitual -guadügü/-guarügü/-guadugu 'constantly / for no apparent reason'; restrictive -guanarugu 'only / simply / merely'; his attested examples)
- 2SG agentive (no prefix) — Haurholm-Larsen 2016 §3.3.4 (-ti/-tu); Stark 2018 (diachronic *-thi/*-thu)
Paradigm: magarada_aspect
-guadügü — CONST.HAB 'constantly / for no apparent reason' [MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA 2026-06-24 (constant-habitual -guadügü/-guarügü/-guadugu 'constantly / for no apparent reason'; restrictive -guanarugu 'only / simply / merely'; his attested examples)]
-tibu — 2SG agentive (no prefix) [Haurholm-Larsen 2016 §3.3.4 (-ti/-tu); Stark 2018 (diachronic *-thi/*-thu)]
Academic teaching rationale
### abiniraguadügütibu *“you are a constant blesser — you do it constantly, for no apparent reason.”* The form **abiniraguadügütibu** is built upon the root *abinira*, “to bless” (The People's Garifuna Dictionary (Cayetano)). To it are joined the element *-guadügü* (CONST.HAB 'constantly / for no apparent reason'), whose force is given by the elder paradigm; then the element *-tibu* (2SG agentive (no prefix)), whose force is given by the elder paradigm. Taken whole, the word means precisely “you are a constant blesser — you do it constantly, for no apparent reason” — its gloss states the fully-inflected sense, never the bare meaning of the root. Among the forms built on the same root, **nabinira** (“I bless”); **babinira** (“you bless”): 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 *“Abinira lumuti fádiri dúna lun líchuguni hóun gürígiya.”* — ‘The priest blessed the water to give it to the people.’. [FEED:verified_sentences] *The construction rests on Haurholm-Larsen 2016 §3.3.4 (-ti/-tu); MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA 2026-06-24 (constant-habitual -guadügü/-guarügü/-guadugu 'constantly
Voices & attributed examples (3)
waibu- ga abiniraun luban Kanbi
Salvador Suazo, Lila Garifuna Diccionario A-Y — permission granted · attributed_permission_grantedwaibuga abiniraun luban Kanbi
Lila Garifuna Diccionario (Salvador Suazo) · attributed_permission_grantedAbinira lumuti fádiri dúna lun líchuguni hóun gürígiya.
EN — The priest blessed the water to give it to the people.
Nisamina Verified Sentence Corpus · attributed_sentence_bank
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