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“glowing coal”

11 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them opens a name; not a single tradition here uses this sense to close one.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 5 different families, from people 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, Cat, has 1.

Cat


People

Ember initial

  • Emberbern

    Ember glowing coal + bern bear

    glowing coal bear

  • Embertoes

    Ember glowing coal + toes foot digits

    glowing coal foot digits

  • Emberpatch

    Ember glowing coal + patch small piece

    glowing coal small piece

Dog


People

Ember initial

  • Emberberry

    Ember glowing coal + berry small fruit

    glowing coal small fruit

  • Emberling

    Ember glowing coal + ling young one

    glowing coal young one

  • Emberlee

    Ember glowing coal + lee shelter

    glowing coal shelter

Druid


Tabletop

Ember initial

  • Embermantle

    Ember glowing coal + mantle shoulder cloak

    glowing coal shoulder cloak

  • Emberwild

    Ember glowing coal + wild untamed

    glowing coal untamed

  • Emberrun

    Ember glowing coal + run flowing course

    glowing coal flowing course

Horse


People

Ember initial

  • Ember Ranger

    Ember glowing coal + ranger wanderer

    glowing coal wanderer

  • Ember Dusk

    Ember glowing coal + dusk failing light

    glowing coal failing light

  • Ember Wager

    Ember glowing coal + wager staked pledge

    glowing coal staked pledge

Kingdom


Objects

Ember initial

  • Emberwald

    Ember glowing coal + wald forest

    glowing coal forest

  • Emberreach

    Ember glowing coal + reach domain

    glowing coal domain

  • Embervik

    Ember glowing coal + vik bay

    glowing coal bay

Middle


People

Ember initial

  • Ember Dawson

    Ember glowing coal + dawson son of Daw

    glowing coal, son of Daw

  • Ember Hartley

    Ember glowing coal + hartley stag meadow

    glowing coal, stag meadow

  • Ember Bradford

    Ember glowing coal + bradford broad ford

    glowing coal, broad ford

Nickname


People

Ember initial

  • Emberhand

    Ember glowing coal + hand grip

    glowing coal grip

  • Ember the Wolf

    Ember glowing coal + the wolf wolf

    glowing coal wolf

  • Embersong

    Ember glowing coal + song sung verse

    glowing coal sung verse

Superhero


People

Ember initial

  • Ember Frost

    Ember glowing coal + frost freezing air

    glowing coal freezing air

  • Ember Tide

    Ember glowing coal + tide sea time

    glowing coal sea time

  • Ember Gale

    Ember glowing coal + gale strong blast

    glowing coal strong blast

Villain


People

Ember initial

  • Emberlace

    Ember glowing coal + lace snare thread

    glowing coal snare thread

  • Emberwick

    Ember glowing coal + wick lamp thread

    glowing coal lamp thread

  • Emberonyx

    Ember glowing coal + onyx fingernail stone

    glowing coal fingernail stone

Ember initial

  • Emberpool

    Ember glowing coal + pool still pond

    glowing coal still pond

  • Emberbranch

    Ember glowing coal + branch spreading limb

    glowing coal spreading limb

  • Embermask

    Ember glowing coal + mask face marking

    glowing coal face marking

Werewolf


Creatures

Ember initial

  • Emberwind

    Ember glowing coal + wind blowing air

    glowing coal blowing air

  • Embergaze

    Ember glowing coal + gaze fixed stare

    glowing coal fixed stare

  • Emberborg

    Ember glowing coal + borg fortress

    glowing coal fortress

Senses that travel together

See also

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