We need a word (Noun, and Adj) to describe
[ present in one language, but missing in another (or others)]
if the word is rare.... it could be
Uniquopresent or Uniquostantial
Oligapresent or Oligastantial
Brachy- is "Narrow" ?
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>>> Yet there are plenty rather more obvious concepts that English has no word for.
Georgian has the wonderful, simple zeg, meaning the day after tomorrow.
(Jp asatte)
Spanish has antier for the opposite – the day before yesterday. (Jp
In Norwegian, you can refer to pålegg, whereas in English you’d be stuck with “things you put in a sandwich” – which sounds like something you might say in a supermarket when you’re so tired you’ve forgotten the word for cheese.
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