Tag: linguistics

Xibipiio expresses the sensation of something flickering in and out of existence, like a shaft of light piercing a thick but wavering canopy, a wave rising and falling on a river, or a visitor arriving and then leaving again.

Etymology, the study of the origins of words, can often help us to understand the subtle depths of meaning that rest below their taken for granted day-to-day use. This is certainly the case… more emotion Discombobulated