is derived from (yenta) itself comes from an Old Italian word that means kind, pleasant, kindly.

The term "lie", as in intentionally deceitful, did not exist in any native language on the African continent, until after the European invasion.

in fact, i'm not sure any language has.

maybe we should invent a word.

veracification?

*** edit:

i meant as a verb --> to veracify?

English does .... "truth".

from dictionary.com: "Habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness: He was not noted for his veracity." The opposite of mendacity, habitual lying.

i mean, you can say "i'm lying" but you can't say "i'm truthing".

"i'm verifying" means something else, that you're checking the truth of another statement, not the act of telling the truth itself.

All I remember about the book is it was written by an early missionary.

It's a perfectly cromulent word.

Also, my family uses the word, "enpantsed." Because sometimes we forget to be enpantsed.

most of the room cracked up thinking he had said "try head".

i cracked up because the english word he was looking for was "troika", which, of course, was stolen from russian.


part of the problem with these sort of question is that language is fluid and english in particular is quite aggressive in stealing words from other languages.

ennui, soufflé, bon-bons, etc.

have dozens of words for different textures and kinds of snow.

I think those languages are agglomerative - they split into stems and prefixes and suffixes, rather than into words and sentences.

That may just be a myth, though.

I see a lot of those on TV.