Mamihlapinatapai could possibly be my favorite word.
I saw someone explain it in the documentary "A Life in a Day" ...but obviously could not remember what in the world it was.
I came across it again today.
It's from is a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego which is now a dead language.
It's a complex word to translate but it basically means: A look or feeling shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to do.
So many times I feel like this is the case with people. And I wish the English language had words like this. That could sum up such a complex idea in one word. Ah. Life.
I saw someone explain it in the documentary "A Life in a Day" ...but obviously could not remember what in the world it was.
I came across it again today.
It's from is a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego which is now a dead language.
It's a complex word to translate but it basically means: A look or feeling shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to do.
So many times I feel like this is the case with people. And I wish the English language had words like this. That could sum up such a complex idea in one word. Ah. Life.
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