Where does “minyulitai” come from?

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

minyulitai (Wauja): absolutely untrue, nothing but a lie, an untruth;...

Definitions

  1. absolutely untrue, nothing but a lie, an untruth;...

Ancestry of “minyulitai”, 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 →