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áhuyahamali
EN they have already rained áhuyuni áhuyúni (it) / they just rained áhuyuni áhuyúni (it) — it just happened
Meaning & authority
Evidence state: CONTEXT-ATTESTED FORM — source-attributed usage preserved
Attributed sources: gld · Hererun Wagüchagu · LILA Garífuna Diccionario / Salvador Suazo
Academic authority: MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA 2026-06-24 (eibuga aspect family: -dugu frequentative / -gubeiyein perfect-continuous)
How the form is built
Root: áhuya — to rain áhuyuni áhuyúni
- IPFV.3PL (immediate perfective 'already / just happened', NOT permissive) — MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA 2026-06-24 (eibuga aspect family: -dugu frequentative / -gubeiyein perfect-continuous)
Paradigm: aspect
-hamali — IPFV.3PL (immediate perfective 'already / just happened', NOT permissive) [MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA 2026-06-24 (eibuga aspect family: -dugu frequentative / -gubeiyein perfect-continuous)]
Academic teaching rationale
### áhuyahamali *“they have already rained áhuyuni áhuyúni (it) / they just rained áhuyuni áhuyúni (it) — it just happened.”* The form **áhuyahamali** is built upon the root *áhuya*, “to rain áhuyuni áhuyúni” (The People's Garifuna Dictionary (Cayetano)). To it is joined the immediate-perfective suffix *-hamali* (3PL), which reports the action as already completed by them — 'they have just done it'. Taken whole, the word means precisely “they have already rained áhuyuni áhuyúni (it) / they just rained áhuyuni áhuyúni (it) — it just happened” — its gloss states the fully-inflected sense, never the bare meaning of the root. To see its precise force, compare **náhuya** (“I rain áhuyuni áhuyúni”); **báhuya** (“you rain áhuyuni áhuyúni”): 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 *“Nídi ba harúga, áhein gubeirügü áhuya húya.”* — ‘I'll go tomorrow, unless it rains. Wagumuchubei dasi le áhein gubeirügü nouwe- we shall finish this task unless I die.’. [FEED:verified_sentences] *The construction rests on MARAGAÑ (Shaka) MAGARADA 2026-06-24 (eibuga aspect family: -dugu frequentative / -gub
Voices & attributed examples (3)
áhuya huya
Salvador Suazo, Lila Garifuna Diccionario A-Y — permission granted · attributed_permission_grantedláhuya huya
Lila Garifuna Diccionario (Salvador Suazo) · attributed_permission_grantedáhuya dibisa hau
Lila Garifuna Diccionario (Salvador Suazo) · attributed_permission_granted
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