The Top 10 Relationship Words That Arent Translatable Into English. Here are my top ten words, compiled from online collections, to describe love, desire and relationships that have no real English translation, but that capture subtle realities that even we English speakers have felt once or twice.
As I came across these words I’d have the occasional epiphany: “Oh yeah! That’s what I was feeling...” Mamihlapinatapei (Yagan, an indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego): The wordless yet meaningful look shared by two people who desire to initiate something, but are both reluctant to start. Oh yes, this is an exquisite word, compressing a thrilling and scary relationship moment. It’s that delicious, cusp-y moment of imminent seduction. Yuanfen (Chinese): A relationship by fate or destiny. From what I glean, in common usage yuanfen means the "binding force" that links two people together in any relationship.
But interestingly, “fate” isn’t the same thing as “destiny.” Retrouvailles (French): The happiness of meeting again after a long time. Where Men Now Fear to Tread. UMOJA, Kenya, Apr 4, 2012 (IPS) - No man, except for those raised here as children, lives in Umoja village in Kenya; one has not for two decades. It is a village only of and for women, women who have been abused, raped, and forced from their homes. In the culture of northern Kenya’s Samburu district there is a saying: "Men are the head of a body, and women are the neck. " The neck may support the head, but the head is always dominant, towering above. But in this remote village, located in the grasslands of Samburu district, this mantra does not ring true. In Umoja, as one female resident says, "We are our own heads.
" Umoja, which means "unity" in Swahili, holds a unique status in the country: it is a village populated solely by women. The rule is one of the requirements of a community that has fought against overwhelming odds to become a place of refuge for women. "Ideally, no woman or girl should ever have to flee her home to come to Umoja in the first place," she added. "No. Why studies keep finding that abstinence before marriage benefits your relationship. Creative Loafing Tampa Browse Best of the Bay Browse Arts Browse Music Browse Food & Drink Browse Movies Browse News Browse Sex & Love Browse Blogs Browse CL Deals Daily Loaf Archives | RSS « Get healthy and still eat fast food… | Circus animals parade through Tampa… » Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on redditMore Sharing Services11.
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