Iktsuarpok Inuit – “To go outside to check if anyone is coming.” Tartle Scottish – The act of hestitating while introducing someone because you’ve forgotten their name. Cafuné Brazilian Portuguese – “The act of tenderly running one’s fingers through someone’s hair.” L’appel du vide French – “The call of the void” is this French expression’s literal translation, but more significantly it’s used to describe the instinctive urge to jump from high places. Ya’aburnee Arabic – Both morbid and beautiful at once, this incantatory word means “You bury me,” a declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person because of how difficult it would be to live without them. Saudade Portuguese – One of the most beautiful of all words, translatable or not, this word “refers to the feeling of longing for something or someone that you love and which is lost.”
