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“honey”

15 fragments across 12 traditions carry this sense. They split 10 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 4 different families, from tabletop outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. Bard 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.

Bard


Tabletop

Melo initial · mel final · Melia initial · melle final

  • Melolien

    Melo honey + lien binding

    honey binding

  • Melorime

    Melo honey + rime rhyme

    honey rhyme

  • Melosain

    Melo honey + sain blessing

    honey blessing

  • Tavimel

    Tavi tale + mel honey

    tale honey

  • Silamel

    Sila silver + mel honey

    silver honey

  • Auromel

    Auro dawn + mel honey

    dawn honey

  • Melialaine

    Melia honey + laine song

    honey song

  • Meliaglenne

    Melia honey + glenne glen

    honey glen

  • Melialene

    Melia honey + lene tender

    honey tender

  • Rimamelle

    Rima rhyme + melle honey

    rhyme honey

  • Roseamelle

    Rosea rose + melle honey

    rose honey

  • Velamelle

    Vela veil + melle honey

    veil honey

Cat


People

Hon initial

  • Hongifu

    Hon honey + gifu gift

    honey gift

  • Honling

    Hon honey + ling young one

    honey young one

  • Hona

    Hon honey + a little one

    honey little one

D&D


Tabletop

mel final

  • Niamel

    Nia bright + mel honey

    bright honey

  • Evamel

    Eva living + mel honey

    living honey

  • Faemel

    Fae fate + mel honey

    fate honey

Dog


People

Hon initial

  • Honvelvet

    Hon honey + velvet shaggy pile

    honey shaggy pile

  • Honray

    Hon honey + ray shining beam

    honey shining beam

  • Honley

    Hon honey + ley meadow

    honey meadow

Druid


Tabletop

Melda initial

  • Meldawen

    Melda honey + wen fair

    honey fair

  • Meldareed

    Melda honey + reed water grass

    honey water grass

  • Meldasorrel

    Melda honey + sorrel sour herb

    honey sour herb

Elf


Fantasy races

Mela initial

  • Melasyl

    Mela honey + syl whisper

    honey whisper

  • Melagwen

    Mela honey + gwen white

    honey white

  • Melalith

    Mela honey + lith ash

    honey ash

Greek


Real world

Meli initial

  • Melimnestos

    Meli honey + mnestos mindful

    honey mindful

  • Melilochos

    Meli honey + lochos company

    honey company

  • Melithymos

    Meli honey + thymos heart

    honey heart

Halfling


Fantasy races

Hon initial

  • Honinda

    Hon honey + inda winsome

    honey winsome

  • Honcake

    Hon honey + cake baked

    honey baked

  • Honthy

    Hon honey + thy true

    honey true

Paladin


Tabletop

lissa final

  • Benialissa

    Benia kind + lissa honey

    kind honey

  • Stellalissa

    Stella star + lissa honey

    star honey

  • Speralissa

    Spera hope + lissa honey

    hope honey

Welsh


Real world

Mel initial

  • Melryd

    Mel honey + ryd crossing

    honey crossing

  • Melwyllt

    Mel honey + wyllt wild

    honey wild

  • Melfryn

    Mel honey + fryn knoll

    honey knoll

Witch


People

Mel initial

  • Melcombe

    Mel honey + combe hollow

    honey hollow

  • Melshade

    Mel honey + shade thrown shadow

    honey thrown shadow

  • Melbane

    Mel honey + bane slayer

    honey slayer

Wizard


People

melle final

  • Cindramelle

    Cindra cinder + melle honey

    cinder honey

  • Isamelle

    Isa ice + melle honey

    ice honey

  • Ethamelle

    Etha breath + melle honey

    breath honey

Senses that travel together

See also

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