“little one”
12 fragments across 8 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them closes a name — this is a sense traditions reach for at the end, not the beginning.
Across the traditions
¶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, Dog, has 3.
a final · ah final · o final
- Coppera
Copper reddish metal + a little one
reddish metal little one
- Rusta
Rust red decay + a little one
red decay little one
- Vala
Val strong + a little one
strong little one
- Wolfah
Wolf grey wolf + ah little one
grey wolf little one
- Duskah
Dusk failing light + ah little one
failing light little one
- Mossah
Moss bog growth + ah little one
bog growth little one
- Bramo
Bram bramble + o little one
bramble little one
- Pipo
Pip seed + o little one
seed little one
- Russo
Russ russet + o little one
russet little one
kin final · belle final
- Mosskin
Moss green cushion + kin little one
green cushion little one
- Loamkin
Loam rich soil + kin little one
rich soil little one
- Knapkin
Knap knapweed + kin little one
knapweed little one
- Sagebelle
Sage healing herb + belle little one
healing herb little one
- Yarrowbelle
Yarrow wound herb + belle little one
wound herb little one
- Nettlebelle
Nettle stinging herb + belle little one
stinging herb little one
kin final · ella final
- Wilkin
Wil willow + kin little one
willow little one
- Sloekin
Sloe blackthorn + kin little one
blackthorn little one
- Tamkin
Tam homely + kin little one
homely little one
- Blosella
Blos blossom + ella little one
blossom little one
- Damella
Dam damson + ella little one
damson little one
- Fernella
Fern bracken + ella little one
bracken little one
a final
- Apricota
Apricot early ripe + a little one
early ripe little one
- Prima
Prim primrose + a little one
primrose little one
- Cinnamona
Cinnamon spice bark + a little one
spice bark little one
ella final
- Gimmelella
Gimmel twinning + ella little one
twinning little one
- Gullikella
Gullik gulping + ella little one
gulping little one
- Flittelella
Flittel flittering + ella little one
flittering little one
akos final
- Kyrakos
Kyr lord + akos little one
little one lord
- Athanasakos
Athanas deathless + akos little one
little one deathless
- Siderakos
Sider iron + akos little one
little one iron
ina final
- Kaelisina
Kaelis flow + ina little one
flow little one
- Verelina
Verel green water + ina little one
green water little one
- Opalisina
Opalis opal + ina little one
opal little one
illus final
- Fuscillus
Fusc dark + illus little one
the dark little one
- Placillus
Plac calm + illus little one
the calm little one
- Verillus
Ver true + illus little one
the true little one
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “little one”. 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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