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“rose”

17 fragments across 15 traditions carry this sense. 16 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, Bard, has 2.

Bard


Tabletop

Rosea initial · Rose initial

  • Roseanara

    Rosea rose + nara flame

    rose flame

  • Roseafine

    Rosea rose + fine ending

    rose ending

  • Rosearelle

    Rosea rose + relle brook

    rose brook

  • Rosetale

    Rose rose + tale tale

    rose tale

  • Rosedance

    Rose rose + dance dance

    rose dance

  • Rosering

    Rose rose + ring ring

    rose ring

Phoenix


Creatures

Rhodo initial · Rhodia initial

  • Rhodokles

    Rhodo rose + kles glory

    rose glory

  • Rhodotimos

    Rhodo rose + timos honour

    rose honour

  • Rhodopais

    Rhodo rose + pais child

    rose child

  • Rhodiaphone

    Rhodia rose + phone voice

    rose voice

  • Rhodiameneia

    Rhodia rose + meneia strength

    rose strength

  • Rhodiaboule

    Rhodia rose + boule counsel

    rose counsel

Angel


Creatures

Vardia initial

  • Vardiariela

    Vardia rose + riela of God

    rose of God

  • Vardiakiela

    Vardia rose + kiela of God

    rose of God

  • Vardiamela

    Vardia rose + mela of God

    rose of God

Cat


People

Ros initial

  • Rosswith

    Ros rose + swith strong

    rose strong

  • Rosie

    Ros rose + ie darling

    rose darling

  • Rosears

    Ros rose + ears listening pair

    rose listening pair

D&D


Tabletop

Rho initial

  • Rhowyth

    Rho rose + wyth willow

    rose willow

  • Rholune

    Rho rose + lune moonlight

    rose moonlight

  • Rhotara

    Rho rose + tara hill

    rose hill

Dog


People

Ros initial

  • Rosling

    Ros rose + ling young one

    rose young one

  • Roslow

    Ros rose + low hill

    rose hill

  • Rosbreeze

    Ros rose + breeze soft gust

    rose soft gust

French


Real world

Rose initial

  • Roseilde

    Rose rose + ilde battle

    rose battle

  • Rosegunde

    Rose rose + gunde war

    rose war

  • Rosevige

    Rose rose + vige battle

    rose battle

Greek


Real world

Rhodo initial

  • Rhodokydes

    Rhodo rose + kydes renown

    rose renown

  • Rhodothymos

    Rhodo rose + thymos heart

    rose heart

  • Rhodophoros

    Rhodo rose + phoros bearer

    rose bearer

Halfling


Fantasy races

Ros initial

  • Rosessa

    Ros rose + essa graceful

    rose graceful

  • Rospy

    Ros rose + py merry

    rose merry

  • Rosbloom

    Ros rose + bloom flowering

    rose flowering

Irish


Real world

Ros initial

  • Rosboy

    Ros rose + boy yellow

    rose yellow

  • Roscam

    Ros rose + cam crooked

    rose crooked

  • Roskertach

    Ros rose + kertach skilled

    rose skilled

Necromancer


Tabletop

rosa final

  • Serarosa

    Sera evening + rosa rose

    evening rose

  • Nyxarosa

    Nyxa dark + rosa rose

    dark rose

  • Dolorarosa

    Dolora sorrow + rosa rose

    sorrow rose

Pirate


People

Rose initial

  • Rose Riptide

    Rose rose + riptide riptide

    rose, called the riptide

  • Rose Seabones

    Rose rose + seabones sea bones

    rose, called the sea bones

  • Rose Landless

    Rose rose + landless landless

    rose, called the landless

Scottish


Real world

Ros initial

  • Rosog

    Ros rose + og young

    rose young

  • Roswick

    Ros rose + wick bay

    rose bay

  • Rosgill

    Ros rose + gill ravine

    rose ravine

Vampire


Creatures

Rosa initial

  • Rosacorva

    Rosa rose + corva raven

    rose-raven

  • Rosanebel

    Rosa rose + nebel mist

    rose-mist

  • Rosatikha

    Rosa rose + tikha quiet

    rose-quiet

Welsh


Real world

Rhosyn initial

  • Rhosynfro

    Rhosyn rose + fro vale

    rose vale

  • Rhosyngarth

    Rhosyn rose + garth ridge

    rose ridge

  • Rhosynserch

    Rhosyn rose + serch affection

    rose affection

Senses that travel together

See also

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