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“beautiful”

18 fragments across 17 traditions carry this sense. 14 of them open a name against 4 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 4 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, Phoenix, has 2.

Phoenix


Creatures

Kalli initial · Kallia initial

  • Kallikles

    Kalli beautiful + kles glory

    beautiful glory

  • Kallilytos

    Kalli beautiful + lytos released

    beautiful released

  • Kallieides

    Kalli beautiful + eides likeness

    beautiful likeness

  • Kalliaptila

    Kallia beautiful + ptila plume

    beautiful plume

  • Kalliaboule

    Kallia beautiful + boule counsel

    beautiful counsel

  • Kalliaphylake

    Kallia beautiful + phylake guard

    beautiful guard

Arabic


Real world

Jamila initial

  • Jamila Bint Faisal

    Jamila beautiful + bint faisal daughter of Faisal

    beautiful, daughter of Faisal

  • Jamila Bint Dawud

    Jamila beautiful + bint dawud daughter of Dawud

    beautiful, daughter of Dawud

  • Jamila Bint Jabir

    Jamila beautiful + bint jabir daughter of Jabir

    beautiful, daughter of Jabir

Centaur


Creatures

Kalli initial

  • Kalliarchos

    Kalli beautiful + archos leader

    beautiful leader

  • Kallistephos

    Kalli beautiful + stephos wreath

    beautiful wreath

  • Kalliagros

    Kalli beautiful + agros field

    beautiful field

Chinese


Real world

Li initial

  • Lina

    Li beautiful + na elegant

    beautiful elegant

  • Limeng

    Li beautiful + meng dream

    beautiful dream

  • Lihua

    Li beautiful + hua flower

    beautiful flower

D&D


Tabletop

Bel initial

  • Belvin

    Bel beautiful + vin victory

    beautiful victory

  • Belketh

    Bel beautiful + keth hearth

    beautiful hearth

  • Beluella

    Bel beautiful + uella wind

    beautiful wind

Dog


People

belle final

  • Plumbelle

    Plum purple drupe + belle beautiful

    purple drupe beautiful

  • Velbelle

    Vel swift + belle beautiful

    swift beautiful

  • Rosbelle

    Ros rose + belle beautiful

    rose beautiful

Greek


Real world

Kalli initial

  • Kallisophos

    Kalli beautiful + sophos wisdom

    beautiful wisdom

  • Kallipatros

    Kalli beautiful + patros father

    beautiful father

  • Kallipistos

    Kalli beautiful + pistos faithful

    beautiful faithful

Horse


People

Fair initial

  • Fair Court

    Fair beautiful + Court enclosed yard

    beautiful enclosed yard

  • Fairpark

    Fair beautiful + park enclosed ground

    beautiful enclosed ground

  • Fairlane

    Fair beautiful + lane narrow way

    beautiful narrow way

Indian


Real world

Sundar initial

  • Sundarbhadra

    Sundar beautiful + bhadra gracious

    beautiful gracious

  • Sundarsagar

    Sundar beautiful + sagar ocean

    beautiful ocean

  • Sundarchandra

    Sundar beautiful + chandra moon

    beautiful moon

Korean


Real world

Ga initial

  • Gasook

    Ga beautiful + sook pure

    beautiful pure

  • Gahee

    Ga beautiful + hee joy

    beautiful joy

  • Gain

    Ga beautiful + in benevolence

    beautiful benevolence

Fair initial

  • Fairwater

    Fair beautiful + water flowing stream

    beautiful flowing stream

  • Fairstone

    Fair beautiful + stone standing rock

    beautiful standing rock

  • Faircombe

    Fair beautiful + combe hollow valley

    beautiful hollow valley

Minotaur


Creatures

Kalli initial

  • Kallidora

    Kalli beautiful + dora gift

    beautiful gift

  • Kalligonia

    Kalli beautiful + gonia corner

    beautiful corner

  • Kallipyle

    Kalli beautiful + pyle gate

    beautiful gate

Roman


Real world

pulchra final

  • Aquilia Pulchra

    Aquilia eagle + pulchra beautiful

    eagle, beautiful

  • Caelia Pulchra

    Caelia heaven + pulchra beautiful

    heaven, beautiful

  • Fulvia Pulchra

    Fulvia tawny + pulchra beautiful

    tawny, beautiful

Superhero


People

Fair initial

  • Fairhall

    Fair beautiful + hall great house

    beautiful great house

  • Fairwell

    Fair beautiful + well spring

    beautiful spring

  • Fairhurst

    Fair beautiful + hurst wooded rise

    beautiful wooded rise

Vampire


Creatures

Krasna initial

  • Krasnanebo

    Krasna beautiful + nebo sky

    beautiful-sky

  • Krasnacorva

    Krasna beautiful + corva raven

    beautiful-raven

  • Krasnanova

    Krasna beautiful + nova new

    beautiful-new

Viking


Real world

frida final

  • Hrodfrida

    Hrod fame + frida beautiful

    fame beautiful

  • Livfrida

    Liv life + frida beautiful

    life beautiful

  • Gudfrida

    Gud god + frida beautiful

    god beautiful

Werewolf


Creatures

frid final

  • Hazelfrid

    Hazel nut tree + frid beautiful

    nut tree beautiful

  • Berafrid

    Bera she bear + frid beautiful

    she bear beautiful

  • Fjorfrid

    Fjor life + frid beautiful

    life beautiful

Senses that travel together

See also

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