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“sweet”

11 fragments across 9 traditions carry this sense. 9 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 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

dolce final · Sweet initial

  • Umbriadolce

    Umbria shade + dolce sweet

    shade sweet

  • Amaradolce

    Amara lasting + dolce sweet

    lasting sweet

  • Celiadolce

    Celia sky + dolce sweet

    sky sweet

  • Sweetharp

    Sweet sweet + harp harp

    sweet harp

  • Sweetecho

    Sweet sweet + echo echo

    sweet echo

  • Sweethollow

    Sweet sweet + hollow hollow

    sweet hollow

Elf


Fantasy races

Mel initial · Lya initial

  • Melgorn

    Mel sweet + gorn eagle

    sweet eagle

  • Mellas

    Mel sweet + las leaf

    sweet leaf

  • Melseth

    Mel sweet + seth quiet

    sweet quiet

  • Lyathea

    Lya sweet + thea spirit

    sweet spirit

  • Lyanel

    Lya sweet + nel gift

    sweet gift

  • Lyathal

    Lya sweet + thal grove

    sweet grove

Band


Music

Sweet initial

  • Sweet Engines

    Sweet sweet + engines clever devices

    sweet clever devices

  • Sweet Harbours

    Sweet sweet + harbours army shelters

    sweet army shelters

  • Sweet Monsoons

    Sweet sweet + monsoons seasons

    sweet seasons

Chinese


Real world

Tian initial

  • Tianjing

    Tian sweet + jing quiet

    sweet quiet

  • Tiansi

    Tian sweet + si silk

    sweet silk

  • Tianqing

    Tian sweet + qing clear sky

    sweet clear sky

Dog


People

Dul initial

  • Dulbloom

    Dul sweet + bloom opening bud

    sweet opening bud

  • Dulroe

    Dul sweet + roe roe deer

    sweet roe deer

  • Dulella

    Dul sweet + ella lovely

    sweet lovely

Greek


Real world

Glyko initial

  • Glykoxenos

    Glyko sweet + xenos stranger

    sweet stranger

  • Glykomorphos

    Glyko sweet + morphos form

    sweet form

  • Glykomantis

    Glyko sweet + mantis seer

    sweet seer

Halfling


Fantasy races

isa final

  • Mintisa

    Mint sweet herb + isa sweet

    sweet herb sweet

  • Winisa

    Win winterberry + isa sweet

    winterberry sweet

  • Sorisa

    Sor sorrel + isa sweet

    sorrel sweet

Irish


Real world

Sav initial

  • Savan

    Sav sweet + an little

    sweet little

  • Savog

    Sav sweet + og young

    sweet young

  • Savfinn

    Sav sweet + finn blonde

    sweet blonde

Welsh


Real world

Melys initial

  • Melysdawel

    Melys sweet + dawel quiet

    sweet quiet

  • Melysfelin

    Melys sweet + felin mill

    sweet mill

  • Melysddol

    Melys sweet + ddol dale

    sweet dale

Senses that travel together

See also

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