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“sharp”

15 fragments across 12 traditions carry this sense. 13 of them open a name against 2 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 5 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, Vampire, has 3.

Vampire


Creatures

Ostr initial · Ostro initial · Ostrov initial

  • Ostrbert

    Ostr sharp + bert bright

    sharp-bright

  • Ostreanu

    Ostr sharp + eanu from

    sharp-from

  • Ostrstadt

    Ostr sharp + stadt town

    sharp-town

  • Ostroanger

    Ostro sharp + anger green

    sharp-green

  • Ostrovoda

    Ostro sharp + voda water

    sharp-water

  • Ostrostern

    Ostro sharp + stern star

    sharp-star

  • Ostrovgrav

    Ostrov sharp + grav count

    sharp count

  • Ostrovturm

    Ostrov sharp + turm tower

    sharp tower

  • Ostroveanu

    Ostrov sharp + eanu from

    sharp from

Griffin


Creatures

Acer initial · Acria initial

  • Acerraban

    Acer sharp + raban raven

    sharp raven

  • Acerhard

    Acer sharp + hard hardy

    sharp hardy

  • Acerric

    Acer sharp + ric ruler

    sharp ruler

  • Acriarabana

    Acria sharp + rabana raven

    sharp raven

  • Acriawiga

    Acria sharp + wiga warrior

    sharp warrior

  • Acriawulfa

    Acria sharp + wulfa wolf

    sharp wolf

Alien


Creatures

Zik initial

  • Zikrukh

    Zik sharp + rukh hive

    sharp hive

  • Ziklozh

    Zik sharp + lozh causeway

    sharp causeway

  • Zikvaath

    Zik sharp + vaath warren

    sharp warren

Dragonborn


Fantasy races

rez final

  • Brathrez

    Brath breath + rez sharp

    breath sharp

  • Sokhrez

    Sokh pit + rez sharp

    pit sharp

  • Kruthrez

    Kruth crush + rez sharp

    crush sharp

Island


Objects

Sharp initial

  • Sharpgeo

    Sharp sharp + geo sea inlet

    sharp sea inlet

  • Sharpay

    Sharp sharp + ay island

    sharp island

  • Sharpmull

    Sharp sharp + mull blunt headland

    sharp blunt headland

Japanese


Real world

Toshi initial

  • Toshiyuki

    Toshi sharp + yuki happiness

    sharp happiness

  • Toshiyoshi

    Toshi sharp + yoshi righteous

    sharp righteous

  • Toshiyasu

    Toshi sharp + yasu peace

    sharp peace

Pirate


People

Sharp initial

  • Sharpbone

    Sharp sharp + bone bone

    sharp bone

  • Sharphollow

    Sharp sharp + hollow hollow

    sharp hollow

  • Sharpshore

    Sharp sharp + shore shore

    sharp shore

Planet


Objects

Acr initial

  • Acrlimen

    Acr sharp + limen threshold

    sharp threshold

  • Acropolis

    Acr sharp + opolis city

    sharp city

  • Acrlacus

    Acr sharp + lacus lake

    sharp lake

Tiefling


Fantasy races

Acris initial

  • Acrisersa

    Acris sharp + ersa reversal

    sharp reversal

  • Acrisedis

    Acris sharp + edis seat

    sharp seat

  • Acrisivor

    Acris sharp + ivor living

    sharp living

Username


People

Eager initial

  • Eagertinder

    Eager sharp + tinder tinder

    sharp tinder

  • Eagerwillow

    Eager sharp + willow willow

    sharp willow

  • Eagergarden

    Eager sharp + garden enclosure

    sharp enclosure

Viking


Real world

Skarp initial

  • Skarpdan

    Skarp sharp + dan dane

    sharp dane

  • Skarpbrand

    Skarp sharp + brand sword

    sharp sword

  • Skarpkell

    Skarp sharp + kell helmet

    sharp helmet

Welsh


Real world

lym final

  • Gwaunlym

    Gwaun moorland + lym sharp

    moorland sharp

  • Rhoslym

    Rhos moor + lym sharp

    moor sharp

  • Bedwlym

    Bedw birch + lym sharp

    birch sharp

Senses that travel together

See also

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