Wonderful Words of Love from around the World ...

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Wonderful  Words of Love from around the World ...

English artist/illustrator Emma Block has produced gorgeous illustrations of untranslatable words of love from around the world. They are beautiful words for which sadly, no equivalent single word exists in English. Enjoy!

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Welsh - Cwtch

Welsh - Cwtch

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Tamil - Oodal

Tamil - Oodal

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Japanese - Koi No Yokan

Japanese - Koi No Yokan

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Portuguese - Cafuné

Portuguese - Cafuné

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Spain - Flechazo

Spain - Flechazo

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French - Retrouvailles

French - Retrouvailles

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Tagalog - Kilig

Tagalog - Kilig

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Ya9ghan - Mamihlapinatapei

Ya9ghan - Mamihlapinatapei

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Rapa Nui - Manabamāte

Rapa Nui - Manabamāte

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German - Geborgenheit

German - Geborgenheit

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Hebrew - Firgun

Hebrew - Firgun

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Danish - Forelsket

Danish - Forelsket

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Hindi - Viraha

Hindi - Viraha

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Romanian - Dor

Romanian - Dor

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Greek - Psithirisma

Greek - Psithirisma

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Inuit - Iktsuarpok

Inuit - Iktsuarpok

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Serbian - Merak

Serbian - Merak

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Dutch - Gezelligheid

Dutch - Gezelligheid

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Urdu - Naz

Urdu - Naz

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Rukwangali - Hanyauku

Rukwangali - Hanyauku

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Chinese - Yuanfen

Chinese - Yuanfen

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Arabic - Ya'aburnee

Arabic - Ya'aburnee

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Russian - Odnoliub

Russian - Odnoliub

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Mandalorian - Aay'han

Mandalorian - Aay'han

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Chinese - Hai Shi Shan Meng

Chinese - Hai Shi Shan Meng

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Gaelic - Mo Chuisle Mo Chroī

Gaelic - Mo Chuisle Mo Chroī

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Boro - Onsra

Boro - Onsra

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Portuguese - Cheiro No Congote

Portuguese - Cheiro No Congote

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Chinese - Zhi Zi Zhi Shou, Yu Zi Xie Lao

Chinese - Zhi Zi Zhi Shou, Yu Zi Xie Lao Awesome!

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In Gaelic, it's "a chuisle mo chroí" not "mo chuisle".

Spanish "flechazo" could bebtrabslated to "stung". As in "I was stung by Cupid's arrow".

😍😍love this اهدي فتحي

Does anyone know it in Japanese ?

greek: psithirisma ψιθύρισμα 🤞🏻

Japanese: aishtero

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