I’ve just learnt a new word, and you must learn it too. It’s all kinds of wonderful you see…
Mamihlapinatapai
n.
1. A look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.
{images via Rodney Smith Photography}
Mamihlapinatapai is considered to be the world’s most succinct word and one of the most difficult to translate. It originates from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego.
Now, if only I knew how to pronounce it!
Do you have any such favourite words that have no equivalent in English language or words you wish existed?
28 comments:
Ha, Love it! Beautiful.
Stunning, thanks for sharing !
LOVE
minnja
http://minnja.blogspot.com/
I love it! Have to learn how to pronounce it too :)
My most favourite post ever on Miles of Style!! :)
I love this! I need to learn this word... how strange yet cute would it be to get a tattoo of it?
I love learning new words and how interesting...loved the pics you chose to go with it!
Liesl :)
Awww that's cute!!! I may not be able to pronounce it:-)
I've never heard of that word! Really interesting!
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
hahaha. love this post :) i have never heard that word before, ever.
xo
sami
ha ha haI l LOVE this post! Wow! That word is insanely amazing.
Rachael
So cute!!
xoxo
Giovanna
Boho Market Blog
Really interesting
Not only the word is difficult what it connotes is also difficult as its always difficult to break the ice
Amazing pictures!
Hi,sweetheart:-)*
What a big Artist is this photograaf...His work keeps me a LOT of the time by,truly!!!
Thank you for share this link,Simone,I has enjoy it beyond much:-)))*
Just great DIFFICULT word...oh,my!
My Love and admiring for you,my dear friend:-)*
Wish you enjoyable last summer days,
Love,
***Violetta***
WoW! What a word!!! Difficult to pronounce but sometimes easier to speak it than to actually say it's meaning..
That is such a amazing word:) Great post,sweetie
Kisses
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Hermosas imágenes!! Muy románticas!!
Besos!!!
Huh, interesting!
OmegaAwesome!!!!
I wonder if they have a word as versatile as JUGAAD
a bunch of flower names are realllyyy pretty and complicated haha
<33 [v] hobovogue
i just saw a few photographer doing their work in black & white. and the pics you choose is soooo classic. dreamy
My mind is just a wee too fuzzy to wrap around that word. But those ladies? Oh, how I long to be that glamorous.
I wish I knew how to say it too! I love all these pictures!
Is this a real word? lol I didn't know there was one for those looks that my husband and I share...which usually end with me kicking him under the table.
The only one that comes to mind is the one from Mary Poppins! These pictures are so reflective :)
What a wonderful word! Why isn't there an english equivalent? There should be.
Wow Persis!
That’s a BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG word!
I tried pronouncing it a couple of times myself...hope I will remember it for it expresses such a beautiful n unnamed expression!
Have fun on your holidays*as if u really need us telling u that;-)*
OMG, what beautiful images!!! Great find!
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