Iktsuarpok

Meaning: The restless anticipation that makes you keep stepping outside to see if someone is finally arriving.

Language: Inuit

Literally: the going-out-to-check feeling

Category: Emotion

Origin: Inuktitut; born of long waits in vast landscapes.

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