Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Nameer (نمير) Clear water. Arabic nature attribute
Yakamoz The reflection of moonlight or other lights on water Turkish nature beauty
Petrichor The smell of earth after rain English nature beauty
Dørstokkmila The longest mile between your cozy couch in your fireplace-candlelight-cabin-hygge and the door threshold. It would be "door-threshold-mile", loosely translated Norwegian nature
Lieko A tree trunk that has fallen to the bottom of a lake Finnish nature
Guddle To fish using the hands, by searching under stones at a river bank Scottish action nature
Gökotta To rise at dawn in order to go out and listen to the birds sing Swedish nature beauty
Xiao xiao The whistling and pattering of rain or wind Chinese nature beauty sound
Celístia Brighness from the stars Catalan nature physical
Kram The quality of snow that makes it moldable so that one make snow balls and snowmen. Norwegian nature attribute
arumpu (அரும்பு) A bud, but specifically referring to the stage where it is just starting to bud Tamil nature
Rabharta A spring tide Irish nature
Tjäle Ground frozen hard, beyond the point where digging is possible Swedish physical nature
Kertek The sound of dry leaves or twigs being trodden underfoot Malay sound nature
Friluftsliv “Free air life,” signifying a fundamental understanding of the positive impact of being in nature Norwegian nature health
Frischluftfanatiker literal translation: fresh air fanatic; referring to a person who tends to keep the windows open to get fresh air, even in winter or someone who always tries to be outside in the open air German nature
Abendrot The colour of the sky when the sun is setting German nature beauty
Mauri The essence that animates something living, but not human Māori nature
Komorebi (木漏れ日) Lit. wood is ‘leaking’ sunlight; dappled sunlight filtering through leaves. Japanese nature beauty
Nakhur A camel that won't give milk until her nostrils have been tickled Persian nature
Camhanaich Half-light; early morning twilight Irish event nature
Resol That kind of sun light, non direct, when the sun is covered by clouds that still hurts the eyes. Mallorquín nature
Calacala Children wading through water as they play Tulu family physical nature
cāral (சாரல்) A gentle secondary drizzle either from a waterfall or rain Tamil nature
Desir The sound of sand driven by the wind Malay sound nature




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