“bearer”
15 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them closes a name — this is a sense traditions reach for at the end, not the beginning.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 6 different families, from creatures outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Dragonborn, has 2.
gan final · ga final
- Vashgan
Vash banner + gan bearer
banner bearer
- Bakgan
Bak jaw + gan bearer
jaw bearer
- Keshgan
Kesh sinew + gan bearer
sinew bearer
- Tazga
Taz tide + ga bearer
tide bearer
- Eshga
Esh smoke + ga bearer
smoke bearer
- Rezga
Rez edge + ga bearer
edge bearer
gan final · bearer final
- Pactigan
Pacti covenant + gan bearer
covenant bearer
- Vigigan
Vigi vigil + gan bearer
vigil bearer
- Rectigan
Recti straight + gan bearer
straight bearer
- Lionbearer
Lion lion + bearer bearer
lion bearer
- Altarbearer
Altar altar + bearer bearer
altar bearer
- Whitebearer
White white + bearer bearer
white bearer
phoros final · phora final
- Glaukophoros
Glauko gleaming + phoros bearer
gleaming bearer
- Chrysophoros
Chryso gold + phoros bearer
gold bearer
- Lamprophoros
Lampro brilliant + phoros bearer
brilliant bearer
- Zoiaphora
Zoia life + phora bearer
life bearer
- Thymiamaphora
Thymiama incense + phora bearer
incense bearer
- Porphyraphora
Porphyra purple + phora bearer
purple bearer
ent final · bearer final
- Torent
Tor tower + ent bearer
tower bearer
- Wickent
Wick wick + ent bearer
wick bearer
- Thalent
Thal deep + ent bearer
deep bearer
- Owlbearer
Owl owl + bearer bearer
owl bearer
- Vaultbearer
Vault vault + bearer bearer
vault bearer
- Starbearer
Star star + bearer bearer
star bearer
bearer final
- Bookbearer
Book book + bearer bearer
book bearer
- Starbearer
Star star + bearer bearer
star bearer
- Hymnbearer
Hymn hymn + bearer bearer
hymn bearer
gan final
- Irgan
Ir seeking + gan bearer
seeking bearer
- Arelgan
Arel high + gan bearer
high bearer
- Ulgan
Ul far + gan bearer
far bearer
bearer final
- Stormbearer
Storm storm + bearer bearer
storm bearer
- Firstbearer
First first + bearer bearer
first bearer
- Skybearer
Sky sky + bearer bearer
sky bearer
phoros final
- Glykophoros
Glyko sweet + phoros bearer
sweet bearer
- Leophoros
Leo lion + phoros bearer
lion bearer
- Menophoros
Meno spirit + phoros bearer
spirit bearer
varis final
- Lyrinvaris
Lyrin song + varis bearer
song bearer
- Irenvaris
Iren sea glass + varis bearer
sea glass bearer
- Merionvaris
Merion deep + varis bearer
deep bearer
ophora final
- Centophora
Cent hundredth + ophora bearer
hundredth bearer
- Fluvophora
Fluv river + ophora bearer
river bearer
- Circophora
Circ ring + ophora bearer
ring bearer
atus final
- Curtatus
Curt short + atus bearer
the short bearer
- Dentatus
Dent toothed + atus bearer
the toothed bearer
- Longatus
Long tall + atus bearer
the tall bearer
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “bearer”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.
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