Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Papakata | To have one leg shorter than the other | Māori | physical | |
Volta | During certain hours of the early evening, around dusk, everyone in the town who might feel like going for a walk takes a saunter or stroll up and down the main street | Greek | time physical nature | |
Tuerto | A man with only one eye | Spanish | physical | |
Rubatosis | The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat | English | physical health awareness | |
Vozdukh (Воздух) | "Air" but also "the stack of spirit". To breathe in is to "take the spirit inside". | Russian | beauty physical | |
Packesel | The person who’s stuck carrying everyone else’s bags on a trip | German | travel physical | |
Kaapshljmurslis | The feeling of being cramped on public transportation | Latvian | stress physical | |
Pneúma (πνεῦμα) | Wind; breath; spirit. | Greek | physical | |
Umij se | Splash water on your face | Serbian | physical action | |
Didis | To search and pick up lice from one's own hair, usually when in bed at night | Indonesian | physical adverse | |
Gigil | The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute | Tagalog | physical positive funny | |
Sgriob | The itchiness of the upper lip just before taking a sip of whisky | Irish | physical food | |
Séanas | A gap between the upper front teeth | Irish | physical attribute | |
Lha’i rnal ‘byor (ལྷའི་རྣལ་འབྱོར) | Deity meditation/yoga; an advanced practice in which one visualises interacting with, or ‘accomplishing’ (i.e., being), a deity. | Tibetan | awareness physical | |
S’encoubler | To describe a fall, but specifically one where you fell due to being tangled in something | French | physical event adverse | |
Pekopeko | Bowing one's head repeatedly in a grovelling manner | Japanese | physical action | |
Eshaku | A slight bow of around 15 degrees | Japanese | physical action | |
Celístia | Brighness from the stars | Catalan | nature physical | |
Aka'aka'a | Skin peeling or falling off after either sunburn or heavy drinking | Hawaiian | physical adverse | |
Calacala | Children wading through water as they play | Tulu | family physical nature | |
Celístia | Brighness from the stars | Catalan | nature physical | |
Kabelsalat | Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" | German | funny physical | |
Morgenfrisk | Feeling rested after a good night's sleep | Danish | health physical | |
Sirimiri | Weak and constant rain; stronger than a mist but less than a shower. | Basque | weather physical | |
Bohereen | A tight, single lane country lane | Irish | explore physical |
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