mbuki-mvuki: the irresistible urge to “shuck off your clothes as you dance

By David Robson

26 January 2017

Have you ever felt a little mbuki-mvuki – the irresistible urge to “shuck off your clothes as you dance”? Perhaps a little kilig – the jittery fluttering feeling as you talk to someone you fancy? How about uitwaaien – which encapsulates the revitalising effects of taking a walk in the wind?

The ‘untranslatable’ emotions you never knew you had.

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