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“true”

18 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. 13 of them open a name against 5 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 4 different families, from fantasy races 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 3.

Paladin


Tabletop

Vero initial · Vera initial · True initial

  • Verofast

    Vero true + fast steadfast

    true steadfast

  • Veroland

    Vero true + land land

    true land

  • Verodag

    Vero true + dag day

    true day

  • Veranessa

    Vera true + nessa promise

    true promise

  • Veratia

    Vera true + tia devotion

    true devotion

  • Veradonna

    Vera true + donna lady

    true lady

  • Truelight

    True true + light light

    true light

  • Truebound

    True true + bound bound

    true bound

  • Trueherald

    True true + herald herald

    true herald

Bard


Tabletop

Vero initial · True initial

  • Veromire

    Vero true + mire marvel

    true marvel

  • Verobel

    Vero true + bel lovely

    true lovely

  • Veromene

    Vero true + mene measure

    true measure

  • Truequill

    True true + quill quill

    true quill

  • Trueweaver

    True true + weaver weaver

    true weaver

  • Truerefrain

    True true + refrain refrain

    true refrain

D&D


Tabletop

Var initial · True initial

  • Varvald

    Var true + vald power

    true power

  • Varwald

    Var true + wald forest lord

    true forest lord

  • Vargil

    Var true + gil bright one

    true bright one

  • Truebough

    True true + bough branch

    true branch

  • Truebane

    True true + bane ruin

    true ruin

  • Truecrest

    True true + crest crest

    true crest

Dragonborn


Fantasy races

ven final · tra final

  • Mokhven

    Mokh rampart + ven true

    rampart true

  • Ashven

    Ash ember + ven true

    ember true

  • Nozven

    Noz snort + ven true

    snort true

  • Yartra

    Yar yoke + tra true

    yoke true

  • Seltra

    Sel silk + tra true

    silk true

  • Rastra

    Ras ruby + tra true

    ruby true

Japanese


Real world

Shin initial · ma final

  • Shinmune

    Shin true + mune lineage

    true lineage

  • Shinharu

    Shin true + haru spring

    true spring

  • Shinmaru

    Shin true + maru round

    true round

  • Kiyoma

    Kiyo pure + ma true

    pure true

  • Kazema

    Kaze wind + ma true

    wind true

  • Morima

    Mori forest + ma true

    forest true

Wizard


People

Ver initial · Vera initial

  • Verthys

    Ver true + thys depth

    true depth

  • Vervael

    Ver true + vael word

    true word

  • Vertar

    Ver true + tar fire

    true fire

  • Veraessa

    Vera true + essa essence

    true essence

  • Verawyn

    Vera true + wyn joy

    true joy

  • Verasette

    Vera true + sette little

    true little

Dwarf


Fantasy races

Vera initial

  • Veraulla

    Vera true + ulla wool

    true wool

  • Veradala

    Vera true + dala vale

    true vale

  • Verasaga

    Vera true + saga tale

    true tale

Elf


Fantasy races

then final

  • Saethen

    Sae blessed + then true

    blessed true

  • Daelthen

    Dael shade + then true

    shade true

  • Celthen

    Cel sky + then true

    sky true

Halfling


Fantasy races

thy final

  • Mintthy

    Mint sweet herb + thy true

    sweet herb true

  • Viothy

    Vio violet + thy true

    violet true

  • Clothy

    Clo clover + thy true

    clover true

Knight


People

Ver initial

  • Verais

    Ver true + ais born

    true born

  • Vergis

    Ver true + gis pledge

    true pledge

  • Vernand

    Ver true + nand daring

    true daring

Roman


Real world

Ver initial

  • Vericulus

    Ver true + iculus least one

    the true least one

  • Verulus

    Ver true + ulus small one

    the true small one

  • Verensis

    Ver true + ensis native

    the true native

Senses that travel together

See also

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