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“beauty”

11 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. They split 6 to 5 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 5 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, Angel, has 1.

Angel


Creatures

Shifra initial

  • Shifraniela

    Shifra beauty + niela of God

    beauty of God

  • Shifranela

    Shifra beauty + nela of God

    beauty of God

  • Shifravana

    Shifra beauty + vana of the breath

    beauty of the breath

Bard


Tabletop

Belia initial

  • Beliaphine

    Belia beauty + phine voice

    beauty voice

  • Beliarane

    Belia beauty + rane raven

    beauty raven

  • Beliaglenne

    Belia beauty + glenne glen

    beauty glen

Cat


People

flaed final

  • Willowflaed

    Willow bending tree + flaed beauty

    bending tree beauty

  • Amberflaed

    Amber fossil resin + flaed beauty

    fossil resin beauty

  • Gingerflaed

    Ginger horn root + flaed beauty

    horn root beauty

D&D


Tabletop

belle final

  • Maebelle

    Mae field + belle beauty

    field beauty

  • Ullabelle

    Ulla will + belle beauty

    will beauty

  • Lirabelle

    Lira song + belle beauty

    song beauty

Elf


Fantasy races

vanya final

  • Sylvanya

    Syl whisper + vanya beauty

    whisper beauty

  • Laevanya

    Lae water + vanya beauty

    water beauty

  • Alaevanya

    Alae blossom + vanya beauty

    blossom beauty

French


Real world

flède final

  • Ansflède

    Ans god + flède beauty

    god beauty

  • Conflède

    Con daring + flède beauty

    daring beauty

  • Prudflède

    Prud prudent + flède beauty

    prudent beauty

Irish


Real world

Aev initial

  • Aevbar

    Aev beauty + bar head

    beauty head

  • Aevguala

    Aev beauty + guala shoulder

    beauty shoulder

  • Aevnait

    Aev beauty + nait little

    beauty little

Japanese


Real world

mi final

  • Shizumi

    Shizu quiet + mi beauty

    quiet beauty

  • Chiyomi

    Chiyo thousand generations + mi beauty

    thousand generations beauty

  • Yoshimi

    Yoshi good + mi beauty

    good beauty

Korean


Real world

Mi initial

  • Mijung

    Mi beauty + jung faithful

    beauty faithful

  • Mida

    Mi beauty + da many

    beauty many

  • Mimyung

    Mi beauty + myung bright

    beauty bright

Pirate


People

Aoife initial

  • Aoife Nightwatch

    Aoife beauty + nightwatch night watch

    beauty, called the night watch

  • Aoife the Younger

    Aoife beauty + the younger younger

    beauty, called the younger

  • Aoife Petrel

    Aoife beauty + petrel petrel

    beauty, called the petrel

Scottish


Real world

Maise initial

  • Maisemaiseach

    Maise beauty + maiseach comely

    beauty comely

  • Maisemall

    Maise beauty + mall slow

    beauty slow

  • Maiseog

    Maise beauty + og young

    beauty young

Senses that travel together

See also

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