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“lily”

14 fragments across 13 traditions carry this sense. 13 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 5 different families, from tabletop 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

Fleura initial · Fleur initial

  • Fleurastan

    Fleura lily + stan stone

    lily stone

  • Fleurahug

    Fleura lily + hug mind

    lily mind

  • Fleuragis

    Fleura lily + gis pledge

    lily pledge

  • Fleur Unguled

    Fleur lily + Unguled taloned

    lily, taloned

  • Fleur Langued

    Fleur lily + Langued tongued

    lily, tongued

  • Fleur Armed

    Fleur lily + Armed clawed

    lily, clawed

Bard


Tabletop

Calla initial

  • Callasienne

    Calla lily + sienne amber

    lily amber

  • Callaphine

    Calla lily + phine voice

    lily voice

  • Callafiora

    Calla lily + fiora blossom

    lily blossom

Cat


People

Lil initial

  • Lilplume

    Lil lily + plume soft down

    lily soft down

  • Lilsocks

    Lil lily + socks white feet

    lily white feet

  • Lilie

    Lil lily + ie darling

    lily darling

D&D


Tabletop

Ily initial

  • Ilysara

    Ily lily + sara princess

    lily princess

  • Ilyelle

    Ily lily + elle bright

    lily bright

  • Ilyette

    Ily lily + ette little

    lily little

Dog


People

Lil initial

  • Lilo

    Lil lily + o little one

    lily little one

  • Lilita

    Lil lily + ita wee

    lily wee

  • Lilbee

    Lil lily + bee hive worker

    lily hive worker

Elf


Fantasy races

Ava initial

  • Avasila

    Ava lily + sila glimmer

    lily glimmer

  • Avaquel

    Ava lily + quel high

    lily high

  • Avarina

    Ava lily + rina circle

    lily circle

Halfling


Fantasy races

Lil initial

  • Lilosa

    Lil lily + osa blooming

    lily blooming

  • Lilola

    Lil lily + ola rounded

    lily rounded

  • Lilry

    Lil lily + ry cheer

    lily cheer

Japanese


Real world

Yuri initial

  • Yuriine

    Yuri lily + ine rice plant

    lily rice plant

  • Yurichi

    Yuri lily + chi thousand

    lily thousand

  • Yuriki

    Yuri lily + ki hope

    lily hope

Necromancer


Tabletop

Calla initial

  • Callacara

    Calla lily + cara dear

    lily dear

  • Callavitra

    Calla lily + vitra glass

    lily glass

  • Callanocte

    Calla lily + nocte midnight

    lily midnight

Pirate


People

Susanna initial

  • Susanna Stormcrow

    Susanna lily + stormcrow storm crow

    lily, called the storm crow

  • Susanna Saltwater

    Susanna lily + saltwater salt water

    lily, called the salt water

  • Susanna the Pale

    Susanna lily + the pale pale

    lily, called the pale

Rogue


Tabletop

Lil initial

  • Lilstep

    Lil lily + step footfall

    lily footfall

  • Lildart

    Lil lily + dart thrown spear

    lily thrown spear

  • Lildusk

    Lil lily + dusk day's end

    lily day's end

Welsh


Real world

Lili initial

  • Liliheulog

    Lili lily + heulog sunny

    lily sunny

  • Liliferch

    Lili lily + ferch daughter

    lily daughter

  • Lilifro

    Lili lily + fro vale

    lily vale

Wizard


People

lis final

  • Calalis

    Cala chalk + lis lily

    chalk lily

  • Evralis

    Evra evening + lis lily

    evening lily

  • Moralis

    Mora shadow + lis lily

    shadow lily

Senses that travel together

See also

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