Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Pisan Zapra | The time needed to eat a banana | Malay | time measurement food | |
Jein | Yes and no | German | attribute measurement | |
Tretår | A second refill or “threefill” of coffee | Swedish | measurement food | |
Gurfa | The amount of water that can be scooped up in a hand. | Arabic | measurement | |
Dygn | Day and night; 24 hours | Swedish | measurement | |
Półtora | Specific word for one and a half of something | Polish | measurement | |
Mu (無) | Not one, not zero, not yes, not no | Japanese | measurement | |
Nja | Combining no (nej) and yes (ja); neither yes or no (or both yes and no); expressing uncertainty. | Swedish | measurement | |
Wú jí (無極) | Lit. without highest point, utmost point, ridgepole; ultimate, boundless, limitless; the primodial universe; original nature. | Chinese | measurement | |
Lagom | Not too much and not too little | Swedish | measurement | |
Erbsenzähler | Literally "a person who literally counts their peas"; someone who is nitpicky and always trying to make things perfect | German | attribute measurement extreme | |
Noniná | Triple negation. Means yes, with emphasis. | Spanish | attribute measurement positive | |
Madrugada | The time of day occurring between past midnight and early morning | Spanish | time measurement | |
Anteayer | The day before yesteraday | Spanish | measurement | |
Capicua | A number that doesn't vary if the numbers are inverted. Also it can be called a palindrome, but the word capicua refers especially to the numbers | Catalan | measurement | |
Acoy | Something that is either very positive or negative | Indonesian | positive measurement | |
Zeg | The day after tomorrow | Georgian | time measurement | |
Capicua | A number that doesn't vary if the numbers are inverted. Also it can be called a palindrome, but the word capicua refers especially to the numbers | Catalan | measurement | |
Dreikäsehoch | A small child who is as tall as three wheels of cheese stacked upon one another | German | measurement food | |
Ádvaita (अद्वैत) | non-dual; the notion that there is only one reality. | Sanskrit | measurement philosophy |
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