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“circle”

13 fragments across 6 traditions carry this sense. They split 5 to 8 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They cluster in 3 families, most of them creatures. Wizard carries the most, with 5 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.

Wizard


People

Zir initial · rion final · Zira initial · rin final · Cir initial

  • Zirarn

    Zir circle + arn secret

    circle secret

  • Zirric

    Zir circle + ric rule

    circle rule

  • Ziryr

    Zir circle + yr age

    circle age

  • Arrion

    Ar silver + rion circle

    silver circle

  • Calrion

    Cal chalk + rion circle

    chalk circle

  • Casrion

    Cas casting + rion circle

    casting circle

  • Zirasana

    Zira circle + sana blessing

    circle blessing

  • Zirathea

    Zira circle + thea spirit

    circle spirit

  • Ziravane

    Zira circle + vane ward

    circle ward

  • Verarin

    Vera true + rin circle

    true circle

  • Quillarin

    Quilla quill + rin circle

    quill circle

  • Elarin

    Ela star + rin circle

    star circle

Elf


Fantasy races

rin final · rina final

  • Rynrin

    Ryn oak + rin circle

    oak circle

  • Tharrin

    Thar strong + rin circle

    strong circle

  • Elrin

    El star + rin circle

    star circle

  • Vaerina

    Vae young + rina circle

    young circle

  • Gilirina

    Gili bright + rina circle

    bright circle

  • Aerarina

    Aera breeze + rina circle

    breeze circle

God


Creatures

rion final · riona final

  • Yrrion

    Yr age + rion circle

    age of the circle

  • Dredrion

    Dred dread + rion circle

    dread of the circle

  • Errion

    Er earth + rion circle

    earth of the circle

  • Morriona

    Mor death + riona circle

    death of the circle

  • Obriona

    Ob shadow + riona circle

    shadow of the circle

  • Celriona

    Cel sky + riona circle

    sky of the circle

Phoenix


Creatures

Kyklo initial · Kyklia initial

  • Kykloornis

    Kyklo circle + ornis bird

    circle bird

  • Kyklooura

    Kyklo circle + oura tail

    circle tail

  • Kyklothales

    Kyklo circle + thales blooming

    circle blooming

  • Kykliaornithe

    Kyklia circle + ornithe bird

    circle bird

  • Kykliamnesteia

    Kyklia circle + mnesteia memory

    circle memory

  • Kykliaphyeia

    Kyklia circle + phyeia growth

    circle growth

Centaur


Creatures

kyklos final

  • Planokyklos

    Plano wandering + kyklos circle

    wandering circle

  • Boreokyklos

    Boreo northern + kyklos circle

    northern circle

  • Arctokyklos

    Arcto northern bear + kyklos circle

    northern bear circle

Minotaur


Creatures

kyklos final

  • Xiphokyklos

    Xipho sword + kyklos circle

    sword circle

  • Helicokyklos

    Helico spiral + kyklos circle

    spiral circle

  • Menokyklos

    Meno fury + kyklos circle

    fury circle

Senses that travel together

See also

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