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“crow”

11 fragments across 7 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 creatures outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. Celtic carries the most, with 4 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.

Celtic


Real world

Bodu initial · boduos final · bodua final · boduon final

  • Boduvindos

    Bodu crow + vindos fair

    crow fair

  • Bodusegos

    Bodu crow + segos victory

    crow victory

  • Boduelus

    Bodu crow + elus many

    crow many

  • Pennoboduos

    Penno head + boduos crow

    head crow

  • Dubnoboduos

    Dubno deep + boduos crow

    deep crow

  • Rituboduos

    Ritu ford + boduos crow

    ford crow

  • Litubodua

    Litu feast + bodua crow

    feast crow

  • Gobannobodua

    Gobanno smith + bodua crow

    smith crow

  • Pennobodua

    Penno head + bodua crow

    head crow

  • Dubroboduon

    Dubro water + boduon crow

    water crow

  • Argioboduon

    Argio silver + boduon crow

    silver crow

  • Vindoboduon

    Vindo white + boduon crow

    white crow

Wood Elf


Fantasy races

Korr initial · Korra initial

  • Korrvarr

    Korr crow + varr shallow crossing

    crow shallow crossing

  • Korrdern

    Korr crow + dern hidden place

    crow hidden place

  • Korrwynd

    Korr crow + wynd winding path

    crow winding path

  • Korracorna

    Korra crow + corna pine cone

    crow pine cone

  • Korralofa

    Korra crow + lofa blossom

    crow blossom

  • Korrakessa

    Korra crow + kessa cress

    crow cress

Banshee


Creatures

preachan final

  • Crannpreachan

    Crann tree + preachan crow

    tree crow

  • Braspreachan

    Bras swift + preachan crow

    swift crow

  • Glaspreachan

    Glas grey-green + preachan crow

    grey-green crow

Minotaur


Creatures

korone final

  • Pyrakorone

    Pyra fire + korone crow

    fire crow

  • Leukakorone

    Leuka white + korone crow

    white crow

  • Keratakorone

    Kerata horned + korone crow

    horned crow

Rogue


Tabletop

Corb initial

  • Corbsneak

    Corb crow + sneak secret creeper

    crow secret creeper

  • Corbtack

    Corb crow + tack short nail

    crow short nail

  • Corbren

    Corb crow + ren runner

    crow runner

Vampire


Creatures

Ravensk initial

  • Ravenskwald

    Ravensk crow + wald forest

    crow forest

  • Ravenskski

    Ravensk crow + ski noble

    crow noble

  • Ravenskstern

    Ravensk crow + stern star

    crow star

Witch


People

Corb initial

  • Corbsha

    Corb crow + sha shade

    crow shade

  • Corbine

    Corb crow + ine little

    crow little

  • Corbwen

    Corb crow + wen white

    crow white

Senses that travel together

See also

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