Where does “tai toli” come from?

tai toli (Makasar) comes from Wauja -tai, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

tai toli (Makasar): earwax

Definitions

  1. earwax

Ancestry of “tai toli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Wauja-taimerely, only, nothing but
2Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Wauja -tai →
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