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!

1 Welsh - Cwtch

Welsh - Cwtch

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2 Tamil - Oodal

Tamil - Oodal

3 Japanese - Koi No Yokan

Japanese - Koi No Yokan

4 Portuguese - Cafuné

Portuguese - Cafuné

5 Spain - Flechazo

Spain - Flechazo

6 French - Retrouvailles

French - Retrouvailles

7 Tagalog - Kilig

Tagalog - Kilig

8 Ya9ghan - Mamihlapinatapei

Ya9ghan - Mamihlapinatapei

9 Rapa Nui - Manabamāte

Rapa Nui - Manabamāte

10 German - Geborgenheit

German - Geborgenheit

11 Hebrew - Firgun

Hebrew - Firgun

12 Danish - Forelsket

Danish - Forelsket

13 Hindi - Viraha

Hindi - Viraha

14 Romanian - Dor

Romanian - Dor

15 Greek - Psithirisma

Greek - Psithirisma

16 Inuit - Iktsuarpok

Inuit - Iktsuarpok

17 Serbian - Merak

Serbian - Merak

18 Dutch - Gezelligheid

Dutch - Gezelligheid

19 Urdu - Naz

Urdu - Naz

20 Rukwangali - Hanyauku

Rukwangali - Hanyauku

21 Chinese - Yuanfen

Chinese - Yuanfen

22 Arabic - Ya'aburnee

Arabic - Ya'aburnee

23 Russian - Odnoliub

Russian - Odnoliub

24 Mandalorian - Aay'han

Mandalorian - Aay'han

25 Chinese - Hai Shi Shan Meng

Chinese - Hai Shi Shan Meng

26 Gaelic - Mo Chuisle Mo Chroī

Gaelic - Mo Chuisle Mo Chroī

27 Boro - Onsra

Boro - Onsra

28 Portuguese - Cheiro No Congote

Portuguese - Cheiro No Congote

29 Chinese - Zhi Zi Zhi Shou, Yu Zi Xie Lao

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

To see more of Emma's great work visit emmablock.co.uk

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