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“mouth”

10 fragments across 9 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them closes a name — this is a sense traditions reach for at the end, not the beginning.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 4 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, Giant, has 2.

Giant


Creatures

mynni final · mynna final

  • Thundralmynni

    Thundral thunder + mynni mouth

    thunder mouth

  • Pelmarmynni

    Pelmar headland + mynni mouth

    headland mouth

  • Hrimgalmynni

    Hrimgal rime + mynni mouth

    rime mouth

  • Cavithmynna

    Cavith cavern + mynna mouth

    cavern mouth

  • Hrolvirmynna

    Hrolvir avalanche + mynna mouth

    avalanche mouth

  • Snaevilmynna

    Snaevil snow peak + mynna mouth

    snow peak mouth

Alien


Creatures

nuqa final

  • Yxanuqa

    Yxa small + nuqa mouth

    small mouth

  • Thoanuqa

    Thoa warm + nuqa mouth

    warm mouth

  • Tlennuqa

    Tlen ash + nuqa mouth

    ash mouth

Banshee


Creatures

beal final

  • Bronbeal

    Bron sorrow + beal mouth

    sorrow mouth

  • Crannbeal

    Crann tree + beal mouth

    tree mouth

  • Deorbeal

    Deor tear + beal mouth

    tear mouth

Goblin


Fantasy races

gob final

  • Scabgob

    Scab scabby + gob mouth

    scabby mouth

  • Pikgob

    Pik picking + gob mouth

    picking mouth

  • Fizzgob

    Fizz fizzing + gob mouth

    fizzing mouth

Kraken


Creatures

munnr final

  • Bodmunnr

    Bod breaker + munnr mouth

    breaker mouth

  • Thokmunnr

    Thok fog + munnr mouth

    fog mouth

  • Svelgmunnr

    Svelg swallowing + munnr mouth

    swallowing mouth

Minotaur


Creatures

stoma final

  • Aporostoma

    Aporo without exit + stoma mouth

    without exit mouth

  • Xerostoma

    Xero dry + stoma mouth

    dry mouth

  • Neostoma

    Neo new + stoma mouth

    new mouth

Troll


Creatures

gob final

  • Kaldgob

    Kald cold + gob mouth

    cold mouth

  • Thrumgob

    Thrum tremor + gob mouth

    tremor mouth

  • Morgob

    Mor moor + gob mouth

    moor mouth

Viking


Real world

munn final

  • Vilmunn

    Vil wild + munn mouth

    wild mouth

  • Sterkmunn

    Sterk strong + munn mouth

    strong mouth

  • Digrmunn

    Digr stout + munn mouth

    stout mouth

Wizard


People

os final

  • Uros

    Ur first + os mouth

    first mouth

  • Baros

    Bar rod + os mouth

    rod mouth

  • Aros

    Ar silver + os mouth

    silver mouth

Senses that travel together

See also

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