[Lexicog] Words that are absent in particular languages

[David Tuggy]

English has no direct counterpart for poposoka "make a sort of sighing 
sound when boiling/bubbling" nor for its causative kipoposotza "cause 
gruel or something similar to make a sighing sound when 
boiling/bubbling", nor does it have a good translation for wel 
"(untranslatable)" nor for metlapil "long cylindrical stone used for 
grinding on a metate (metlatl)" or lots of other words in Nahuatl. Words 
which other languages omit are a very commonplace phenomenon. Maybe what 
you're looking for is words from languages in the same language family 
and/or cultural sphere (like English and Swedish) which don't have ready 
single-word translations?

--David Tuggy

David Williams wrote:
> HI I'm researching words which some languages omit. I'm trying to 
> build up some examples. I believe, for instance, that in Swedish there 
> is no direct counterpart for 'mind'.
> If anyone has any examples I'd be delighted to hear them.
> cheers
> DW
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