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vlehto  ·  4331 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 14 wonderful words with no English equivalent

Few Finnish:

Sisukas = someone who has guts.

Hän = he/she. Yes, way to speak about someone without referring to sex.

And really nerdy one "jäyhyys" second moment of inertia when referring to the rigidity of a structure. Sorry, sometimes I'm too engineer. It also somehow refers to stubborn, which I find quite suitable. More rigid, more stubborn.