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“blue”

16 fragments across 15 traditions carry this sense. 15 of them open a name against 1 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 6 different families, from objects 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, Griffin, has 2.

Griffin


Creatures

Azura initial · Azure initial

  • Azuragang

    Azura blue + gang course

    blue course

  • Azurahard

    Azura blue + hard hardy

    blue hardy

  • Azurafred

    Azura blue + fred peace

    blue peace

  • Azure Regardant

    Azure blue + Regardant looking back

    blue, looking back

  • Azure Rousant

    Azure blue + Rousant rising

    blue, rising

  • Azure Overt

    Azure blue + Overt wings open

    blue, wings open

Country


Objects

Caer initial

  • Caeroria

    Caer blue + oria realm

    blue realm

  • Caerutia

    Caer blue + utia region

    blue region

  • Caerana

    Caer blue + ana land

    blue land

Druid


Tabletop

Gorm initial

  • Gormtreath

    Gorm blue + treath strand

    blue strand

  • Gormbreck

    Gorm blue + breck slope

    blue slope

  • Gormwynd

    Gorm blue + wynd winding path

    blue winding path

Elf


Fantasy races

Lue initial

  • Luemoth

    Lue blue + moth dusk

    blue dusk

  • Lueyth

    Lue blue + yth deep

    blue deep

  • Luehir

    Lue blue + hir lord

    blue lord

Guild


Objects

The Azure initial

  • The Azure Chapter

    The Azure blue + chapter branch assembly

    blue branch assembly

  • The Azure Assembly

    The Azure blue + assembly gathered company

    blue gathered company

  • The Azure Remnant

    The Azure blue + remnant surviving few

    blue surviving few

Irish


Real world

Gorm initial

  • Gormin

    Gorm blue + in little

    blue little

  • Gormog

    Gorm blue + og young

    blue young

  • Gormlaidir

    Gorm blue + laidir sturdy

    blue sturdy

Japanese


Real world

Ao initial

  • Aomai

    Ao blue + mai dance

    blue dance

  • Aoran

    Ao blue + ran orchid

    blue orchid

  • Aotomo

    Ao blue + tomo wisdom

    blue wisdom

Mermaid


Creatures

Calyr initial

  • Calyralis

    Calyr blue + alis voice

    blue voice

  • Calyrlael

    Calyr blue + lael lullaby

    blue lullaby

  • Calyraeus

    Calyr blue + aeus lord

    blue lord

Mountain


Objects

Blue initial

  • Bluepeak

    Blue blue + peak peak

    blue peak

  • Bluespitze

    Blue blue + spitze peak

    blue peak

  • Bluecorrie

    Blue blue + corrie mountain hollow

    blue mountain hollow

Pirate


People

Blue initial

  • Blue Copperhand

    Blue blue + copperhand copper hand

    blue, called the copper hand

  • Blue the Stout

    Blue blue + the stout stout

    blue, called the stout

  • Blue Petrel

    Blue blue + petrel petrel

    blue, called the petrel

Planet


Objects

Caer initial

  • Caericulum

    Caer blue + iculum tool

    blue tool

  • Caercatena

    Caer blue + catena chain

    blue chain

  • Caeraxis

    Caer blue + axis axle

    blue axle

Scottish


Real world

Gorm initial

  • Gormmod

    Gorm blue + mod courage

    blue courage

  • Gorman

    Gorm blue + an little

    blue little

  • Gormduff

    Gorm blue + duff dark

    blue dark

Tavern


Objects

The Blue initial

  • The Blue Eagle

    The Blue blue + eagle imperial bird

    blue imperial bird

  • The Blue Badger

    The Blue blue + badger striped digger

    blue striped digger

  • The Blue Boar

    The Blue blue + boar male swine

    blue male swine

Vampire


Creatures

Blau initial

  • Blauhof

    Blau blue + hof court

    blue-court

  • Blaumuhle

    Blau blue + muhle mill

    blue-mill

  • Blaustadt

    Blau blue + stadt town

    blue-town

Welsh


Real world

las final

  • Caelas

    Cae field + las blue

    field blue

  • Nantlas

    Nant brook + las blue

    brook blue

  • Ystradlas

    Ystrad valley floor + las blue

    valley floor blue

Senses that travel together

See also

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