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Daily Peace Challenge."la bãane" (be thin, quietly, peacefully, quiet, calm, security) in Mossi. A Thin Peace In Mòoré or Mossi a language of Burkina Faso love, joy and peace nuanced words in two translations "Nonglem" (love, affection), "la sũ-noogo" (the joy, luck, happiness, fortune, cheerfulness, pleasure) "la bãane" (be thin, quietly, peacefully, quiet, calm, security) "nonglem" (love, affection) "sũ-noogo" (joy, luck, happiness, fortune, cheerfulness, pleasure) "laafi" (peace, health, well-being) Does joy and luck come from cheerfulness Does peace and health come from quiet and what does thin have to do with peace and security (c) Kimberly Burnham, 2020 Peace Dictionary, The Meaning of Peace and Calm in 4000 languages Looking for grant money to complete my peace project 
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Fii - Daily Peace Challenge "Fii" (free, freedom, peace) in Aukaan spoken in Suriname. Peace and Figs in a Sprinkling of Rain In a Aukaan dictionary the word before peace is fig "figasii" and the saying "U denki wan figasii bon. Te u si taki, ai piiti boomiki, da u sabi kaba taki, a o meke nyanyan dyonson" consider a fig tree, when you see that it is blooming you already know it will soon produce fruit "figi" is to wipe away or erase "fii" or "fíí" is to feel or the opposite of "saafu" "fii" [fii] also means to check around or probe as in "mi e fii fii luku san mi mu du" I am checking around to see what I should do "fii wan sama mofu" means to probe how someone feels or thinks about something literally "feel feel someone's mouth" While another meaning of "fii" [fìí] is "be free" freedom and peace. and after peace is "fiilli" drizzle or sprinkle As if when we see the natural environment appreciate where our food comes from we can erase mistakes feel, check in with our friends making sure that all are free and at peace enjoying the sprinkle of rain that grows more figs in this language of Suriname (c) Kimberly Burnham, 2020 Peace Dictionary, The Meaning of Peace and Calm in 4000 Languages Looking for grant money to complete my peace project  Cooling the Pain in Sranan Tongo In Sranantongo an English based creole language of Suriname "Bere" is stomach and "Ati" is pain "Ber’ati" is stomach ache "Kowru ati" is calm down calm someone down calm heart or peace of mind "Kowru" is cold make cold or to cool peace of mind is to cool the pain "Ati" also means heart so to calm down is to cool the physical heart and the figurative heart "Ati" (heart, heart (figuratively) As in pluck or guts and also means "ati" or hard spot in a banana so eating too many hard spots in a banana (ati) can cause pain (ati) while cooling the heart (ati) can cause peace of mind (c) Kimberly Burnham, 2020 Peace Dictionary, The Meaning of Peace and Calm in 4000 languages Looking for grant money to complete my peace project  Nuwa And Ate in Naukata Island In a Naukatan or 'Auhelawa - English dictionary "nuwadaumwali" means peace, calm heart or peaceful "nuwa" translates as the place where thinking-feeling arises inside the body, want, wish and desire "waliwali" is singing as if there is a wish and singing that rises from inside the body to create peace Many feelings arise from inside "nuwa'ehebo" faithfulness "nuwahegoya" (gentleness) "nuwamasele" is understand, attitude, opinion, meaning "nuwapwanopwanowei" to forget oddly "nuwanuwa" is a gable roof "Nuwatuwudawani" thinking-feeling hidden from elders "nuwa‘epo" chest and "nuwamagi" kidney "nuwavitai" heavyhearted, depressed "nuwamomohi" means squeeze thinking-feeling, remember, memory as if when we remember we are squeezing out the memories "nuwanuwpuyo" virginity, chastity "nuwadobi" humble and "nuwapotapota" stubborn In this language of Papua New Guinea on Nauakata Island atemuyamuya is translated kindness but also liver feeling paining or embodied feelings as if the experience of feeling pain can create kindness or compassion from a place of "ate" heart, liver, center of emotions and feelings (c) Kimberly Burnham, 2020 Peace Dictionary, The Meaning of Peace and Calm in 4000 languages Looking for grant money to complete my peace project  Lenient Peace Is it easier to see who is your neighbor when you know what something says even when the writing looks strange or the words very unfamiliar? In Adilabad Gondi a language of India సాంతి pronounced Sānti means peace, leniency and patience as if when we are patient and lenient we can find peace and shati (c) Kimberly Burnham, 2020 Peace Dictionary, The Meaning of Peace and Calm in 4000 Languages Looking for grant money to complete my peace project  Who is Peaceful and Born in a Fantastic Year In the Serer language of Senegal "Jegjam" is a man's name a prayer a hope "jam" is peace "Jegjam" the peaceful a combination of the verb "jeg" to have or to get the common noun "jam" peace a semantic level "Jegjam" means who has peace or who is peaceful can you imagine if every time your mother called your name your teacher or boss or friend said "Jegjam" you thought who is peaceful Or perhaps when someone calls your name everyone thinks of abundance and joy "Mbel o xiid" the name given to a girl whose is birthed in a fantastic and unforgettable year full of joy, happiness and peace or because of the abundance of crops "mbel" by consonant alternation from the verb "fel" to be well, to be pleasant "xiid" means season (c) Kimberly Burnham, 2020 Peace Dictionary, The Meaning of Peace and Calm in 4000 Languages Looking for grant money to complete my peace project  Śānti (peace) in Sanskrit—"Shanti" or "Shānti" (from Sanskrit úântiḥ) (peace, rest, calmness, tranquility, or bliss)—India.
Om Shanti Peace Multilingual Om Shanti Peace Om shanti cánti śanti shánti shaanti shanti peace in many languages Sanskrit the Rohingya people of Burma and Bengali Caribbean Hindustani Maithili and Nepali peace all over Southeast Asia Om santi in Koch spoken in Bangladesh santipap in Thai Khmer and Laotian śāntī in Punjabi Shánti with nature the green trees huffing out oxygen ecological shaanti Om shanti or aman in Marwari shānti in Bhojpuri spoken in India shānta in Bengali Peace with society cánti between human beings selectively seeing friends and neighbors everywhere Om salamti in Hindi shāntatā in Gujarati spoken in India and Pakistan shaamti in Kannada or Kurumba Shanti within a spiritual peace a sense of pride in actions riding the flowing of emotions Om śāntātā or śāntī in Marathi shanti in Telegu sānti in the Oriya of India Environmental peace encompassing them all food shelter connection (c) Kimberly Burnham, PhD (Integrative Medicine), 2020 Peace Dictionary, The Meaning of Peace and Calm in 4000 languages Looking for grant money to complete this peace project Author of Awakenings: Peace Dictionary Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program and the upcoming On Seeing and Being Human
Values in a Motto
Lesotho has a motto showing what we value "Khotso Pula Nala" Peace Rain Prosperity We say these words as if prayers for what we don't have Hoping for the best days in Marakabei when all three come together folding into a graceful life Two hundred sheep ten goats thirty cattle and five horses all together we enjoy a life of "Khotso" with "Pula" creating "Nala" (c) Kimberly Burnham, PhD (Integrative Medicine), 2020 oroginally published in The Year of the Poet June 2020 Volume Peace Dictionary, The Meaning of Peace and Calm in 4000 languages Looking for grant money to complete this peace project author of Awakenings: Peace Dictionary Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program and the upcoming On Seeing and Being Human
Sotho: Sesotho (sot-000), Southern Sotho, Sesotho, Sesuthu, a Southern Bantu language—"Khotso" (peace), "Kgotso" (peace), "Kgòtsò" (peace), "Kgotsong" (peace), "Khotsong" (peace), "Khotso e be teng lefatšeng" (may peace prevail on earth), "Lumela" [domela] (believe, peace be with you, good night, hello), "Sala ka kgotso" (stay in peace), "Kgotso" (peace), "Ho fata kgotso" (To negotiate for peace), "Khotsong Masione!" (peace unto you!), "Kgotsong metswalle" (hello friends, literally peace friends), "Ho kgothaletsa kgotso, kutlwisisano, le ntshetsopele" (fostering peace, understanding, and development), "Khotsoh" (peace), "Khutso" (tranquility), "Khobile matšoafo" (calm), "Khotso e be teng lefatšeng" (may peace prevail on earth), "Kgotso le Thabo" (peace and happiness), "Bana ba khotso" (children of peace), "Pelo" (heart), Tumellanong (accord, line)—Lesotho (the Sotho-Tswana group, spoken primarily by the Basotho in Lesotho, where it is the national and official language; South Africa, where it is one of the 11 official languages; and in Zimbabwe where it is one of 16 official languages), South Africa. The Constitution of South Africa names eleven official languages: “The official languages of the Republic are Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa and isiZulu.” As a side note, this makes South Africa only second to India, which recognizes 23 official languages in its Constitution, with the number of dialects as high as 1,650! Most South Africans can speak more than one language. Growing up, I never appreciated the wonder of hearing different sounds and languages around you every day; to hear the rhythms of a language even though you don’t understand what is being said. Here are 11 words for peace, in the national languages of South Africa. May your year be filled with peace, in whichever language you choose to say it!),
Mir Peace In Romani a language of the travelling people "miro" similar to the Russian or Slovenian "mir" is peace "patcha" similar to the Italian "pace" is peace "spokojstvo" similar to Polish "pokój" or Serbian "spokoj" is peace (c) Kimberly Burnham, PhD (Integrative Medicine), 2020 Peace Dictionary, The Meaning of Peace and Calm in 4000 languages Looking for grant money to complete this peace project author of Awakenings: Peace Dictionary Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program and the upcoming On Seeing and Being Human 
Auhelawa (kud)—Deep Inside
In ’Auhelawa an Austronesian language found on Nuakata Island "nuwa" is the place where thinking-feeling arises inside the body also meaning want, wish, desire "Nuwavitai" means heavyhearted or depressed while ""nuwadaumwali"" is calm heart or peaceful makes me wonder what happens deep inside when one is depressed or feeling peaceful what is the difference deep inside (c) Kimberly Burnham, PhD (Integrative Medicine), 2020 oroginally published in The Year of the Poet June 2020 Volume Peace Dictionary, The Meaning of Peace and Calm in 4000 languages Looking for grant money to complete this peace project author of Awakenings: Peace Dictionary Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program and the upcoming On Seeing and Being Human 
"Nuwadaumwali" (peace, calm heart, peaceful) in Auhelawa
Auhelawa (kud), 'Auhelawa, Alina Nu‘ata, Nuakatan, Nuakata, Kurada, 'Urada, an Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, Suauic and Western Oceanic and Milne Bay language—"Nuwadaumwali" (peace, calm heart, peaceful), "Ebe" (peace), "Ate" (heart, liver, center of emotions and feelings), "Nuwavitai" (heavy hearted, depressed), "Neta, velau, yaliyaya, nuwadaumwali, alama'i'ita, atemuyamuya, vehaguhagu, nuwa'ehebo, nuwahegoya, yo tuluhegoya (love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control), "Ainaena yagu nuwadaumwali yamwauwi" (peace be with you), "Namwanamwa" (good)—Papua New Guinea (Nuakata Island and the southeastern tip of Normanby Island, Sehuleya District in Milne Bay Province) Spoken by about 1,200 people in 1998, 30% of whom were monolingual. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, Suauic. https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/0472098284-glossary.pdf
Auhelawa (kud), 'Auhelawa, Alina Nu‘ata, Nuakatan, Nuakata, Kurada, 'Urada. an Austronesian, Western Oceanic and Milne Bay language—Galatians 5:22 Na Alu'aluwa Ve'ahihi ainona namwanamwana atedai hibom neta, velau (love), yaliyaya (joy), nuwadaumwali (peace, calm heart, peaceful), alama'i'ita (forbearance), atemuyamuya (kindness), vehaguhagu (goodness), nuwa'ehebo (faithfulness), 23 nuwahegoya (gentleness), yo tuluhegoya (self-control). Na nigele teya loina iyamiyamiya yo mumugaone teina ilaugagayowedi (love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control)—Papua New Guinea (Nuakata Island and the southeastern tip of Normanby Island, Sehuleya District in Milne Bay Province) Spoken by about 1,200 people in 1998, 30% of whom were monolingual. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, Suauic. https://www.bible.com/bible/1069/GAL.5.KUDNT http://bibles.org/omw-OMWNT/Gal/5# https://ebible.org/study/?w1=bible&t1=local%3Aadz&v1=GN1_1
Red Salmon Run "Nomoȟon" peace in Nanai a northern land where children are pulled on sleds not wagons or strollers spring comes late yet life thrives in the Russian Far East the Amur River can be three feet thick still ice fishermen find success on the coldest days everyone comes to the river in September when the red salmon run beside vast birch forests filled with "nomoȟon" (c) 2020 Kimberly Burnham, PhD (Integrative Medicine) oroginally published in The Year of the Poet June 2020 Volume Peace Dictionary, The Meaning of Peace and Calm in 4000 languages Looking for grant money to complete this peace project author of Awakenings: Peace Dictionary Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program and the upcoming On Seeing and Being Human  Nomoȟon (peace) in Nanai Nanai: Nanai (gld), Gold, нанайэ, Нанай, Nanaj, Nanay, нанай хэсэни, Nanaj ȟėsėni, Goldi, Hezhen, a Tungusic, Altaic, Nostratic language—"Nomoȟon" номохон (peace), мир "Mir" (peace), "ul@n" (good) "Duŋgirien", "Duŋgu" (to become silent, calm, quiet, peaceful) from the Proto-Tungus-Manchu "Duŋk" (dark, sullen, to bow the head, to knit the brows, to bow the head and slumber, to become silent, calm, quiet, peaceful), "Elke" (peaceful, silent), "Bae"(body), "Dyoan" (ten), "giandin" (blue), "Hegden" (blue), "Herbor" (blue), "Nengian" (blue), "Saxarin" (black), "Isala" (eye), "Nasal" (eye), "IC3" (see), "iCi" (see), "Sugdiun" (brown), "Dwjgirien" (to become silent, calm), "Duijgu" (quite, peaceful)(from the Proto-Altaic) "Tium(k)u" (silent, calm)—Russian Federation, (Siberia), China (Heilongjiang). https://www.geonames.de/peace.html https://archive.org/stream/BomhardComprehensiveIntroduction2ndEdition/Bomhard%20-%20A%20Comprehensive%20Introduction%20to%20Nostratic%20Comparative%20Linguistics%20%283rd%20edition%29_djvu.txt  Nanai: Nanai—Udhr Education "Образование найва улэн, маси, гой най правосалбани, свободасалбани кидуривэ тачиочигини. Образование диа диавари, гой голосалба дэрэлэми, аличами биуривэ, Объединённай Нациясал Организацияни мирбэ кандёйвани бэлэчиуривэ тачиочигини." (Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace). https://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/UDHR_Translations/gld.pdf
"Peace" in more than 1001 Languages Around the World (If you know any that I am missing please add them in the comments below. Thanks).
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In an article on "How do children learn to write letters?" Researchers said, "during writing acquisition, some letters may be more difficult to produce than others because certain movement sequences require more precise motor control (e.g., the rotation that produces curved lines like in letter O or the pointing movement to trace the horizontal bar of a T). Children of ages 6-10 (N=108) wrote sequences of upper-case letters on a digitizer. They varied in the number of pointing and rotation movements. The data revealed that these movements required compensatory strategies in specific kinematic variables. For pointing movements there was a duration decrease that was compensated by an increase in in-air movement time. Rotation movements were produced with low maximal velocity but high minimal velocity. At all ages there was a global tendency to keep stability in the tempo of writing: pointing movements exhibited a duration trade-off whereas rotation movements required a trade-off on maximal and minimal velocity. The acquisition of letter writing took place between ages 6 and 7. At age 8 the children shifted focus to improving movement control. Writing automation was achieved around age 10 when the children controlled movement duration and fluency. This led to a significant increase in writing speed." - Seraphin Thibon, L., et al. (2019). "Investigating how children produce rotation and pointing movements when they learn to write letters." Hum Mov Sci 65. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29731149 
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How Writing About Bad Things Is Good "Expressive writing about past negative events has been shown to lead to a slew of positive outcomes. However, little is known about why writing about something negative would have positive effects. While some have posited that telling a narrative of a past negative event or current anxiety "frees up" cognitive resources, allowing individuals to focus more on the task at hand, there is little neural evidence suggesting that expressive writing has an effect on cognitive load. Moreover, little is known about how individual differences in the content of expressive writing could affect neural processing and the cognitive benefits writing confers. In our experiment, we compared brain activity in a group that had engaged in expressive writing vs. a control group, during performance on a feedback-based paired-associate word-learning task. We found that across groups, differential activation in the dorsal striatum in response to positive vs. negative feedback significantly predicted better later memory. Moreover, writing about a past failure resulted in more activation relative to the control group during the learning task in the mid-cingulate cortex (MCC), an area of the brain crucial to processing negative emotion. While our results do not provide support for the assertion that expressive writing alters attentional processing, our findings suggest that choosing to write about particularly intense past negative experiences like a difficult past failure may have resulted in changes in neural activation during task processing." - DiMenichi, B. C., et al. (2019). "Effects of Expressive Writing on Neural Processing During Learning." Front Hum Neurosci 13: 389. 
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Writing About Stressful Events Doesn't Impair Working Memory
"Acute stress impairs working memory (i.e., the ability to update and keep information in mind). Although that effect is well established, the boundaries around it are not. In particular, little is known about how recalling an unresolved stressor might influence working memory, or about how stress-or recalling a stressful event-influences the processes underlying working memory task performance (e.g., sustained/controlled attention vs. capacity). We addressed these issues in the present study (N = 171) by randomly assigning participants to write about an unresolved, extremely stressful experience (stressful writing condition; n = 85) or the events of the prior day (control condition; n = 86), and, subsequently, both measured change detection task performance and used computational cognitive modeling to estimate the processes underlying it-namely, attention, capacity, and bias. We found that, relative to the control task, writing about a stressful experience neither impaired performance on the change detection task nor altered any of the processes underlying performance on that task. These results show that the effects of writing about an unresolved, stressful episode do not parallel effects of acute stress on working memory, indicating that experiencing a stressor may have very different cognitive effects than recalling it at a later time." Shields, G. S., et al. (2020). "Feel free to write this down: Writing about a stressful experience does not impair change detection task performance." Emotion 20(2): 317-322. 
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