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“pearl”

15 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. 14 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 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, Mermaid, has 3.

Mermaid


Creatures

Ilmar initial · Perlis initial · Pearl initial

  • Ilmarseneth

    Ilmar pearl + seneth palace

    pearl palace

  • Ilmarilar

    Ilmar pearl + ilar laughter

    pearl laughter

  • Ilmararel

    Ilmar pearl + arel harper

    pearl harper

  • Perlisitha

    Perlis pearl + itha whisper

    pearl whisper

  • Perlisella

    Perlis pearl + ella bell

    pearl bell

  • Perlissira

    Perlis pearl + sira elder

    pearl elder

  • Pearllight

    Pearl pearl + light light

    pearl light

  • Pearlbloom

    Pearl pearl + bloom bloom

    pearl bloom

  • Pearlharbour

    Pearl pearl + harbour harbour

    pearl harbour

Pirate


People

Margaret initial · Perla initial · Margot initial

  • Margaret Seadog

    Margaret pearl + seadog sea dog

    pearl, called the sea dog

  • Margaret the Stout

    Margaret pearl + the stout stout

    pearl, called the stout

  • Margaret Petrel

    Margaret pearl + petrel petrel

    pearl, called the petrel

  • Perla the Windward

    Perla pearl + the windward windward

    pearl, called the windward

  • Perla the Wanderer

    Perla pearl + the wanderer wanderer

    pearl, called the wanderer

  • Perla Luckless

    Perla pearl + luckless luckless

    pearl, called the luckless

  • Margot Longshanks

    Margot pearl + longshanks long legs

    pearl, called the long legs

  • Margot Driftwood

    Margot pearl + driftwood driftwood

    pearl, called the driftwood

  • Margot Kingfisher

    Margot pearl + kingfisher kingfisher

    pearl, called the kingfisher

Angel


Creatures

Pninia initial

  • Pniniazana

    Pninia pearl + zana of the flame

    pearl of the flame

  • Pniniatela

    Pninia pearl + tela of God

    pearl of God

  • Pniniasiela

    Pninia pearl + siela of God

    pearl of God

Chinese


Real world

Zhu initial

  • Zhuyu

    Zhu pearl + yu jade

    pearl jade

  • Zhuqin

    Zhu pearl + qin zither

    pearl zither

  • Zhushu

    Zhu pearl + shu virtuous

    pearl virtuous

D&D


Tabletop

dara final

  • Quilldara

    Quill feather + dara pearl

    feather pearl

  • Junidara

    Juni young + dara pearl

    young pearl

  • Anadara

    Ana breath + dara pearl

    breath pearl

French


Real world

Marg initial

  • Margile

    Marg pearl + ile battle

    pearl battle

  • Marginette

    Marg pearl + inette little

    pearl little

  • Margonnette

    Marg pearl + onnette little

    pearl little

Island


Objects

Pearl initial

  • Pearlcove

    Pearl pearl + cove cove

    pearl cove

  • Pearlholms

    Pearl pearl + holms islets

    pearl islets

  • Pearlrock

    Pearl pearl + rock rock

    pearl rock

Knight


People

Marg initial

  • Margsende

    Marg pearl + sende path

    pearl path

  • Marggard

    Marg pearl + gard enclosure

    pearl enclosure

  • Margwenna

    Marg pearl + wenna joy

    pearl joy

Korean


Real world

Ju initial

  • Juye

    Ju pearl + ye courtesy

    pearl courtesy

  • Junan

    Ju pearl + nan orchid

    pearl orchid

  • Juhyang

    Ju pearl + hyang fragrance

    pearl fragrance

Russian


Real world

Margarita initial

  • Margarita Vsevolodovna

    Margarita pearl + vsevolodovna daughter of Vsevolod

    pearl, daughter of Vsevolod

  • Margarita Vladimirovna

    Margarita pearl + vladimirovna daughter of Vladimir

    pearl, daughter of Vladimir

  • Margarita Valeryevna

    Margarita pearl + valeryevna daughter of Valery

    pearl, daughter of Valery

Welsh


Real world

Perl initial

  • Perlwawr

    Perl pearl + wawr daybreak

    pearl daybreak

  • Perlddol

    Perl pearl + ddol dale

    pearl dale

  • Perldeg

    Perl pearl + deg fair

    pearl fair

Senses that travel together

See also

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