“vale”
10 fragments across 7 traditions carry this sense. 8 of them close a name against 2 that open one, so it usually lands as the second element.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 4 different families, from tabletop 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, Elf, has 3.
del final · dal final · vale final
- Lordel
Lor gold + del vale
gold vale
- Haldel
Hal river + del vale
river vale
- Isildel
Isil moon + del vale
moon vale
- Lindal
Lin pool + dal vale
pool vale
- Elendal
Elen starlight + dal vale
starlight vale
- Elludal
Ellu deep + dal vale
deep vale
- Galevale
Gale gale + vale vale
gale vale
- Ambervale
Amber amber + vale vale
amber vale
- Larkvale
Lark lark + vale vale
lark vale
Vau initial · val final
- Vaurive
Vau vale + rive bank
vale bank
- Vausart
Vau vale + sart clearing
vale clearing
- Vaupont
Vau vale + pont bridge
vale bridge
- Fortval
Fort strong + val vale
strong vale
- Longval
Long long + val vale
long vale
- Neufval
Neuf new + val vale
new vale
val final
- Canoval
Cano singing + val vale
singing vale
- Riloval
Rilo brook + val vale
brook vale
- Yoroval
Yoro year + val vale
year vale
vale final
- Hillvale
Hill hill + vale vale
hill vale
- Moonvale
Moon moon + vale vale
moon vale
- Silvervale
Silver silver + vale vale
silver vale
Vella initial
- Vellathorn
Vella vale + thorn sharp spine
vale sharp spine
- Vellawillow
Vella vale + willow bending bough
vale bending bough
- Vellagale
Vella vale + gale bog myrtle
vale bog myrtle
dala final
- Beradala
Bera bear + dala vale
bear vale
- Lodadala
Loda ember + dala vale
ember vale
- Kolladala
Kolla knoll + dala vale
knoll vale
fro final
- Glanfro
Glan bank + fro vale
bank vale
- Tarwfro
Tarw bull + fro vale
bull vale
- Gwernfro
Gwern alder + fro vale
alder vale
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “vale”. 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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