Karmi Phuc

nevver:

WORDS RELATING TO FEELINGS:

• Gula: Spanish for the desire to eat simply for the taste
• Sobremesa: Spanish for when the food has finished but the conversation is still flowing
• Mbukimvuki: Bantu for “to shuck of one’s clothes in order to dance”
• Schnapsidee: German for coming up with an ingenious plan when drunk
• Volta: Greek for leisurely strolling the streets

WORDS RELATING TO RELATIONSHIPS:

• Nakama: Japanese for friends who one considers like family
• Kanyininpa: Aboriginal Pintupi for a relationship between holder and held, akin to the deep nurturing feelings experienced by a parent for their child
• Gigil: Philippine Tagalog for the irresistible urge to pinch or squeeze someone because you love them so much
• Kilig: Tagalog for the butterflies in the stomach you get when interacting with someone you find attractive
• Sarang: Korean for when you wish to be with someone until death

WORDS RELATING TO CHARACTER:

• Sitzfleisch: German for the ability to persevere through hard or boring tasks (literally “sit meat”)
• Baraka: Arabic for a gift of spiritual energy that can be passed from one person to another
• Jugaad: Hindi for the ability to get by or make do
• Desenrascanco: Portuguese for the ability to artfully disentangle oneself from a troublesome situation
• Sprezzatura: Italian for when all art and effort are concealed beneath a “studied carelessness”

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    I’ve never even seen the word “kilig” before and it already makes more sense than “butterflies in the stomach”

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