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“beautiful”

14 fragments across 13 traditions carry this sense. 10 of them open a name against 4 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 4 different families, from real world 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, Phoenix, has 2.

Phoenix


Creatures

Kalli initial · Kallia initial

  • Kallikles

    Kalli beautiful + kles glory

    beautiful glory

  • Kallilytos

    Kalli beautiful + lytos released

    beautiful released

  • Kallieides

    Kalli beautiful + eides likeness

    beautiful likeness

  • Kalliaptila

    Kallia beautiful + ptila plume

    beautiful plume

  • Kalliaboule

    Kallia beautiful + boule counsel

    beautiful counsel

  • Kalliaphylake

    Kallia beautiful + phylake guard

    beautiful guard

Chinese


Real world

Li initial

  • Lixia

    Li beautiful + xia sunset clouds

    beautiful sunset clouds

  • Liting

    Li beautiful + ting comely

    beautiful comely

  • Liying

    Li beautiful + ying lustrous

    beautiful lustrous

D&D


Tabletop

Bel initial

  • Belbelle

    Bel beautiful + belle beauty

    beautiful beauty

  • Belvera

    Bel beautiful + vera faith

    beautiful faith

  • Belara

    Bel beautiful + ara song

    beautiful song

Dog


People

belle final

  • Lunbelle

    Lun moon + belle beautiful

    moon beautiful

  • Lilbelle

    Lil lily + belle beautiful

    lily beautiful

  • Dulbelle

    Dul sweet + belle beautiful

    sweet beautiful

Greek


Real world

Kalli initial

  • Kallikydes

    Kalli beautiful + kydes renown

    beautiful renown

  • Kalliboulos

    Kalli beautiful + boulos counsel

    beautiful counsel

  • Kallidamos

    Kalli beautiful + damos folk

    beautiful folk

Horse


People

Fair initial

  • Fairford

    Fair beautiful + ford crossing

    beautiful crossing

  • Fair Grange

    Fair beautiful + Grange grain barn

    beautiful grain barn

  • Fair Farm

    Fair beautiful + Farm leased land

    beautiful leased land

Korean


Real world

Ga initial

  • Ganan

    Ga beautiful + nan orchid

    beautiful orchid

  • Gaseon

    Ga beautiful + seon goodness

    beautiful goodness

  • Gaye

    Ga beautiful + ye courtesy

    beautiful courtesy

Fair initial

  • Fairwater

    Fair beautiful + water flowing stream

    beautiful flowing stream

  • Fairherd

    Fair beautiful + herd herdsman

    beautiful herdsman

  • Fairford

    Fair beautiful + ford river crossing

    beautiful river crossing

Roman


Real world

pulchra final

  • Postumia Pulchra

    Postumia posthumous + pulchra beautiful

    posthumous, beautiful

  • Naevia Pulchra

    Naevia mole-marked + pulchra beautiful

    mole-marked, beautiful

  • Julia Pulchra

    Julia of iulus + pulchra beautiful

    of iulus, beautiful

Superhero


People

Fair initial

  • Fairwick

    Fair beautiful + wick dwelling

    beautiful dwelling

  • Fairhall

    Fair beautiful + hall great house

    beautiful great house

  • Fairley

    Fair beautiful + ley clearing

    beautiful clearing

Vampire


Creatures

Krasna initial

  • Krasnatraum

    Krasna beautiful + traum dream

    beautiful-dream

  • Krasnagrafin

    Krasna beautiful + grafin countess

    beautiful-countess

  • Krasnanocta

    Krasna beautiful + nocta night

    beautiful-night

Viking


Real world

frida final

  • Fridfrida

    Frid peace + frida beautiful

    peace beautiful

  • Gudfrida

    Gud god + frida beautiful

    god beautiful

  • Steinfrida

    Stein stone + frida beautiful

    stone beautiful

Werewolf


Creatures

frid final

  • Willowfrid

    Willow bending tree + frid beautiful

    bending tree beautiful

  • Ylvafrid

    Ylva she wolf + frid beautiful

    she wolf beautiful

  • Fjorfrid

    Fjor life + frid beautiful

    life beautiful

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “beautiful”. 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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