The story
Greek keeps the word in the plural as often as not: eimai sta kefia mou, I am in my kefi, said when an evening has lifted off the ground. It cannot be ordered up, only joined. English offers cheer, which tends to sit down earlier.
kefi
κέφιKEH-fee[ˈcefi]
Pronunciation: Sarri.greek · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commonsthe high spirits that make a night take off — the will and the gusto to enjoy it
Closest in English: cheer, mirth, gusto. None of them covers it.
How it went in the game
Contains the answers. If you want to play the word yourself first, leave this closed.
- Which language is it from?Greek
- Which feeling does it carry?Loud, warm and lifted
- Where would you hear it?A long table, music, midnight
- What does it mean?The spark that makes a night take off
How it went
Round two, feeling, was where most points went.