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“boulder”

10 fragments across 6 traditions carry this sense. They split 6 to 4 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 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, Dwarf, has 3.

Dwarf


Fantasy races

rokk final · Grond initial · Boulder initial

  • Hrokrokk

    Hrok raven + rokk boulder

    raven boulder

  • Garrokk

    Gar spear + rokk boulder

    spear boulder

  • Dagrokk

    Dag day + rokk boulder

    day boulder

  • Grondhjor

    Grond boulder + hjor sword

    boulder sword

  • Grondstav

    Grond boulder + stav staff

    boulder staff

  • Grondmid

    Grond boulder + mid middle

    boulder middle

  • Bouldermantle

    Boulder boulder + mantle mantle

    boulder mantle

  • Boulderfist

    Boulder boulder + fist fist

    boulder fist

  • Boulderhold

    Boulder boulder + hold hold

    boulder hold

Troll


Creatures

Brud initial · Brog initial · Boulder initial

  • Brudhald

    Brud boulder + hald keeper

    boulder keeper

  • Brudbelg

    Brud boulder + belg belly

    boulder belly

  • Brudtrog

    Brud boulder + trog digger

    boulder digger

  • Brogtunna

    Brog boulder + tunna weight

    boulder weight

  • Brogkluna

    Brog boulder + kluna paw

    boulder paw

  • Brogknokka

    Brog boulder + knokka knuckle

    boulder knuckle

  • Boulderpot

    Boulder boulder + pot pot

    boulder pot

  • Bouldertoll

    Boulder boulder + toll toll

    boulder toll

  • Bouldersitter

    Boulder boulder + sitter sitter

    boulder sitter

Dog


People

stone final

  • Mosstone

    Moss bog growth + stone boulder

    bog growth boulder

  • Brockstone

    Brock badger + stone boulder

    badger boulder

  • Ashstone

    Ash ash tree + stone boulder

    ash tree boulder

Druid


Tabletop

stone final

  • Blackstone

    Black burnt dark + stone boulder

    burnt dark boulder

  • Deepstone

    Deep far down + stone boulder

    far down boulder

  • Rootstone

    Root underground anchor + stone boulder

    underground anchor boulder

Giant


Creatures

Boulder initial

  • Bouldermantle

    Boulder boulder + mantle mantle

    boulder mantle

  • Boulderblood

    Boulder boulder + blood blood

    boulder blood

  • Bouldergate

    Boulder boulder + gate gate

    boulder gate

Welsh


Real world

faen final

  • Tegfaen

    Teg fair + faen boulder

    fair boulder

  • Mawrfaen

    Mawr great + faen boulder

    great boulder

  • Cainfaen

    Cain lovely + faen boulder

    lovely boulder

Senses that travel together

See also

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