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“summit”

10 fragments across 6 traditions carry this sense. 7 of them close a name against 3 that open one, so it usually lands as the second element.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 4 different families, from objects outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. Giant carries the most, with 4 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.

Giant


Creatures

kolmar final · kolma final · Summitar initial · Summit initial

  • Braltkolmar

    Bralt basalt + kolmar summit

    basalt summit

  • Skyralkolmar

    Skyral sky + kolmar summit

    sky summit

  • Sturgalkolmar

    Sturgal squall + kolmar summit

    squall summit

  • Cavithkolma

    Cavith cavern + kolma summit

    cavern summit

  • Galdrinkolma

    Galdrin north wind + kolma summit

    north wind summit

  • Klovirkolma

    Klovir cleft + kolma summit

    cleft summit

  • Summitarrotar

    Summitar summit + rotar root

    summit root

  • Summitargandar

    Summitar summit + gandar staff

    summit staff

  • Summitarskuggi

    Summitar summit + skuggi shadow

    summit shadow

  • Summitstride

    Summit summit + stride stride

    summit stride

  • Summitbones

    Summit summit + bones bones

    summit bones

  • Summitgirdle

    Summit summit + girdle girdle

    summit girdle

Mountain


Objects

cima final · summit final

  • Coppercima

    Copper copper + cima summit

    copper summit

  • Morcima

    Mor great + cima summit

    great summit

  • Shadowcima

    Shadow shadow + cima summit

    shadow summit

  • Bluesummit

    Blue blue + summit summit

    blue summit

  • Ramsummit

    Ram ram + summit summit

    ram summit

  • Thundersummit

    Thunder thunder + summit summit

    thunder summit

Elf


Fantasy races

pen final

  • Pelpen

    Pel border + pen summit

    border summit

  • Irpen

    Ir seeking + pen summit

    seeking summit

  • Lorpen

    Lor gold + pen summit

    gold summit

Irish


Real world

Mullen initial

  • Mullenkeel

    Mullen summit + keel narrow

    summit narrow

  • Mullencullen

    Mullen summit + cullen holly

    summit holly

  • Mullenglas

    Mullen summit + glas green

    summit green

Kingdom


Objects

peak final

  • Caelpeak

    Cael sky + peak summit

    sky summit

  • Stormpeak

    Storm storm + peak summit

    storm summit

  • Grimpeak

    Grim stern + peak summit

    stern summit

Scottish


Real world

mount final

  • Abermount

    Aber river mouth + mount summit

    river mouth summit

  • Barmount

    Bar top + mount summit

    top summit

  • Pitmount

    Pit farm + mount summit

    farm summit

Senses that travel together

See also

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