Comment on I just realized there is not really a for "cuddling" in Chinese Languages... probably a reflection of the lack of Public Display of Affection in Chinese Culture...

Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• ieGod@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Typically something you do lying down, or sitting. All of these are cuddling: Image

  Hugs can be a part of cuddling, but cuddling is more than a hug.

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• FishFace@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Cuddling takes longer than hugging, it’s like an extended hug. The -le suffix in English is often frequentative, so sparkle meant “to emit many sparks”, for example.

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  • troglodyte_mignon@tarte.nuage-libre.fr ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    frequentative

    Thanks to your comment, I learned about the -le prefix and unlocked a new word. I’m going to bed satisfied. :)

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    • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It is one of the best bits of derivational morphology I know!

      And the best part is that it is part of the explanation of where the word “disgruntled” comes from. Turns out there really is a word “gruntled”, or well, there was - it’s fallen out of usage. “Gruntle” meant “to emit many small grunts” - as a pig might do if it were content. So disgruntled came to mean the opposite of being content.

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  • Randelung@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    TIL

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