Enter the Wormhole

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”