From “utepils” (Norwegian, “a beer that is enjoyed outside . . . particularly on the first hot day of the year”) to “mbuki-mvuki” (Swahili, “to shed clothes to dance uninhibited”), the Positive Lexicography Project gathers untranslatable words that describe happiness. The Glossary of Happiness.

 

From “utepils” (Norwegian, “a beer that is enjoyed outside . . . particularly on the first hot day of the year”) to “mbuki-mvuki” (Swahili, “to shed clothes to dance uninhibited”), the Positive Lexicography Project gathers untranslatable words that describe happiness.

 

The Glossary of Happiness

Could understanding other cultures’ concepts of joy and well-being help us