The story
Na is after, tafelen is to sit at table: the Dutch verb for staying put once the plates are empty and nobody moves to clear them. The talk at that point is the real dinner. English comes closest with lingering.
natafelen
NAH-tah-fuh-luh[ˈnaːˌtaːfələn]
Pronunciation: marcel coenders · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commonsstaying at the table to talk on after the meal — lingering
Closest in English: lingering, tabletalk, table-talk. None of them covers it.
How it went in the game
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- Which language is it from?Dutch
- What does it literally say?After-tabling
- Where does it happen?At the table, long after dessert
- What does it mean?Staying at the table to keep talking