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átuluhaguadügütibu
EN you are a constant fall off (leaves)er — you do it constantly, for no apparent reason
Meaning & authority
Evidence state: CONTEXT-ATTESTED FORM — source-attributed usage preserved
Attributed sources: Hererun Wagüchagu
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: átuluha — to fall off (leaves)
- 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
### átuluhaguadügütibu *“you are a constant fall off (leaves)er — you do it constantly, for no apparent reason.”* The form **átuluhaguadügütibu** is built upon the root *átuluha*, “to fall off (leaves)” (NISAMINA master dictionary). 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 fall off (leaves)er — 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, **nátuluha** (“I fall off (leaves)”); **bátuluha** (“you fall off (leaves)”): 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)
átuluha tidiburi lubarun tati 1 || 5. lagumeserun huya áhibiha [ aniha huya átuluha
Salvador Suazo, Lila Garifuna Diccionario A-Y — permission granted · attributed_permission_grantedaniha huya átuluha
Lila Garifuna Diccionario (Salvador Suazo) · attributed_permission_grantedara- gachaguai sun lubuña katai dei lun lagu- muchagun |2.adüga lun taiguadun aban muna |3.átuluha [bebeidi agu- lurudaguwaun muna túguta ].Il desman- telar (int) I| derrumbar (int) I| demoler | desplomar(se) I| destartalar (int).
Suazo — Lila Garífuna Diccionario (permission granted) · attributed_sentence_bank
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