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known but not quite remembered
Her name is on the tip of my tongue; it could be Kathy or Karen or something.

known but not quite remembered

Persian: دانستن چیزی ولی فراموشی موقتی آن
Polish: na końcu języka
Portuguese: estar na ponta da língua (to be on the tip of one’s tongue)
Russian: на ко́нчике языка́ (ru) ‎(na kónčike jazyká), на языке́ ве́ртится ‎(na jazyké vértitsja) (turns on [my] tongue)
Scottish Gaelic: air bàrr teangaidh
Spanish: en la punta de la lengua
Swedish: ha något på tungan
Yiddish: אויף שפּיץ צונג ‎(oyf shpits tsung)