I will write a word.

Bell.

I choose bell.  The root word means beauty in Italian.  A bell can cover a nut.  The klacker or striker that dangles down from the apex along the inner side of the bell makes noise when you shake the bell.   The shape of a  bell repels water.  Some bells have hickory handles that fit snugly in the palm of one's hand.  The purpose of a bell becomes clear in just one use of it.  The shape and material of a bell produces the tone and the strength of sound.  My grandmother played a tin bell in a bell choir, and I watched one of her performances the summer before she passed on to heaven.  

Bell.  I chose the word bell.