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Intercardinal directions have various possible roots, but the following four are the most commonly used: | Intercardinal directions have various possible roots, but the following four are the most commonly used: | ||
* ''helaṣyuñca'' — Northeast (likely from ''helaṣa'', an older term for "delta", i.e. the Nīmbaṇḍhāra delta) | * ''helaṣyuñca'' — Northeast (likely from ''helaṣa'', an older term for "delta", i.e. the Nīmbaṇḍhāra delta) | ||
* '' | * ''talęjñuñca'' — Southeast (unknown origin, possibly referencing a population of the Southeast coast, i.e. the coast of the Southern tribunal on the Jahībušanī Sea) | ||
* ''māħimyuñca'' — Southwest (probably named after an ancient tribal people in the Inland Southwest (actually more WSW of the core Chlouvānem lands), which the city of Māħim, in present-day Tamīyahāna, is also named after) | * ''māħimyuñca'' — Southwest (probably named after an ancient tribal people in the Inland Southwest (actually more WSW of the core Chlouvānem lands), which the city of Māħim, in present-day Tamīyahāna, is also named after) | ||
* ''nēdrāyuñca'' — Northwest (from ''nēdrāmis'', a dry wind blowing from the northwest of the Plain) | * ''nēdrāyuñca'' — Northwest (from ''nēdrāmis'', a dry wind blowing from the northwest of the Plain) | ||
Half-winds (''danyūmyuñca(i)'') are compound forms: ''kēhaṃhelaṣyuñca'' "North-northeast", ''naleihelaṣyuñca'' "East-northeast", '' | Half-winds (''danyūmyuñca(i)'') are compound forms: ''kēhaṃhelaṣyuñca'' "North-northeast", ''naleihelaṣyuñca'' "East-northeast", ''naleitalęjñuñca'' "East-southeast", ''maichlatalęjñuñca'' "South-southeast", and so on. Quarter-winds are expressed as ''[farther principal wind]-<small>DAT</small>. [nearest point]-<small>GEN.</small> nęltās''; for example ''nēdrāyuñcom samvālyuñci nęltās'' "West by north"; ''samvālyuñcom nēdrāyuñci nęltās'' "Northwest by west", ''kēhamyuñcom nēdrāyuñci nęltās'' "Northwest by north", ''nēdrāyuñcom kēhamyuñci nęltās'' "North by west". | ||
Not typically distinguished from the cardinal points named above are the following directions: | Not typically distinguished from the cardinal points named above are the following directions: | ||