noun • a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start
Yaghan; mam- (reflexive/passive morph.) + -ihlapi- ‘to be at a loss as to what to do next’ + -n- (stative aspect affix) + -ata- (achievement affix) + -apai (dual, here reciprocal, marker).
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