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“pure”

11 fragments across 10 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them opens a name; not a single tradition here uses this sense to close one.

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, Paladin, has 2.

Paladin


Tabletop

Puro initial · Pura initial

  • Purobrand

    Puro pure + brand sword

    pure sword

  • Purovald

    Puro pure + vald power

    pure power

  • Purobod

    Puro pure + bod messenger

    pure messenger

  • Puranora

    Pura pure + nora honour

    pure honour

  • Puravina

    Pura pure + vina vow

    pure vow

  • Puracinda

    Pura pure + cinda ember

    pure ember

Chinese


Real world

Jie initial

  • Jieliu

    Jie pure + liu willow

    pure willow

  • Jiejuan

    Jie pure + juan graceful

    pure graceful

  • Jieting

    Jie pure + ting comely

    pure comely

D&D


Tabletop

Ines initial

  • Inesdawn

    Ines pure + dawn dawn

    pure dawn

  • Inesesse

    Ines pure + esse dew

    pure dew

  • Inesrowan

    Ines pure + rowan rowan tree

    pure rowan tree

German


Real world

Rein initial

  • Reinfeld

    Rein pure + feld field

    pure field

  • Reinbaum

    Rein pure + baum tree

    pure tree

  • Reinheim

    Rein pure + heim home

    pure home

Japanese


Real world

Kiyo initial

  • Kiyoyoshi

    Kiyo pure + yoshi righteous

    pure righteous

  • Kiyotoki

    Kiyo pure + toki time

    pure time

  • Kiyofumi

    Kiyo pure + fumi writing

    pure writing

Korean


Real world

Sook initial

  • Sookhyang

    Sook pure + hyang fragrance

    pure fragrance

  • Sookmin

    Sook pure + min clever

    pure clever

  • Sooksong

    Sook pure + song pine

    pure pine

Phoenix


Creatures

Katharo initial

  • Katharochronos

    Katharo pure + chronos time

    pure time

  • Katharohoros

    Katharo pure + horos boundary

    pure boundary

  • Katharooikos

    Katharo pure + oikos house

    pure house

Pirate


People

Catherine initial

  • Catherine Copperhand

    Catherine pure + copperhand copper hand

    pure, called the copper hand

  • Catherine Driftwood

    Catherine pure + driftwood driftwood

    pure, called the driftwood

  • Catherine Deepwater

    Catherine pure + deepwater deep water

    pure, called the deep water

Vampire


Creatures

Katrin initial

  • Katrinlupa

    Katrin pure + lupa she-wolf

    pure-she-wolf

  • Katrinkova

    Katrin pure + kova smith

    pure-smith

  • Katrindolch

    Katrin pure + dolch dagger

    pure-dagger

Welsh


Real world

Glan initial

  • Glanfro

    Glan pure + fro vale

    pure vale

  • Glanwyllt

    Glan pure + wyllt wild

    pure wild

  • Glanfad

    Glan pure + fad lucky

    pure lucky

Senses that travel together

See also

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