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“long”

15 fragments across 15 traditions carry this sense. 12 of them open a name against 3 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 4 different families, from real world 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, Alien, has 1.

Alien


Creatures

Vaan initial

  • Vaandena

    Vaan long + dena spring

    long spring

  • Vaangath

    Vaan long + gath quarry

    long quarry

  • Vaanpolu

    Vaan long + polu shoal

    long shoal

City


Objects

Long initial

  • Longwell

    Long long + well spring

    long spring

  • Longbridge

    Long long + bridge bridge

    long bridge

  • Longgate

    Long long + gate street

    long street

Country


Objects

Long initial

  • Longea

    Long long + ea country

    long country

  • Longestan

    Long long + estan place

    long place

  • Longiya

    Long long + iya land

    long land

German


Real world

Lang initial

  • Langmüller

    Lang long + müller miller

    long miller

  • Langhagen

    Lang long + hagen enclosure

    long enclosure

  • Langjäger

    Lang long + jäger hunter

    long hunter

Greek


Real world

Makr initial

  • Makrakos

    Makr long + akos little one

    little one long

  • Makras

    Makr long + as one called

    one called long

  • Makradis

    Makr long + adis child of

    child of long

Irish


Real world

fada final

  • Aedfada

    Aed fire + fada long

    fire long

  • Cathfada

    Cath battle + fada long

    battle long

  • Donnfada

    Donn brown + fada long

    brown long

Island


Objects

Lang initial

  • Langsker

    Lang long + sker skerry

    long skerry

  • Langbight

    Lang long + bight wide bay

    long wide bay

  • Langmull

    Lang long + mull blunt headland

    long blunt headland

Japanese


Real world

Naga initial

  • Nagabara

    Naga long + bara plain

    long plain

  • Nagaguchi

    Naga long + guchi entrance

    long entrance

  • Nagasaka

    Naga long + saka slope

    long slope

Knight


People

Long initial

  • Longbeuf

    Long long + beuf dwelling

    long dwelling

  • Longdalle

    Long long + dalle valley

    long valley

  • Longhou

    Long long + hou islet

    long islet

Planet


Objects

Long initial

  • Longlacus

    Long long + lacus lake

    long lake

  • Longaster

    Long long + aster star

    long star

  • Longia

    Long long + ia land

    long land

Scottish


Real world

fada final

  • Clachfada

    Clach stone + fada long

    stone long

  • Carsefada

    Carse riverside flat + fada long

    riverside flat long

  • Glenfada

    Glen valley + fada long

    valley long

Spaceship


Objects

Long initial

  • Long Restraint

    Long long + restraint restraint

    long restraint

  • Long Almanac

    Long long + almanac almanac

    long almanac

  • Long Relay

    Long long + relay relay

    long relay

Superhero


People

Lang initial

  • Langford

    Lang long + ford river crossing

    long river crossing

  • Langlow

    Lang long + low mound

    long mound

  • Langston

    Lang long + ston farmstead

    long farmstead

Viking


Real world

Lang initial

  • Langlund

    Lang long + lund temper

    long temper

  • Langkinn

    Lang long + kinn cheek

    long cheek

  • Langskip

    Lang long + skip ship

    long ship

Welsh


Real world

hir final

  • Dyfrhir

    Dyfr water + hir long

    water long

  • Talhir

    Tal brow + hir long

    brow long

  • Coedhir

    Coed wood + hir long

    wood long

Senses that travel together

See also

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