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* ''jāṃħāna'' — short, heavy rain shower | * ''jāṃħāna'' — short, heavy rain shower | ||
* ''remidaka'' — typhoon | * ''remidaka'' — typhoon | ||
==Geography== | |||
===The cardinal points=== | |||
Cardinal points are typically referred to simply as ''yuñca(i)'' (direction(s)); the four commonly accepted ones are: | |||
* ''kēhamyuñca'' — North (from ''kēham'', a wind blowing from the north of the Plain) | |||
* ''nalejñuñca'' — East (from ''naleya'', a wind blowing from the east of the Plain/Jade Coast, also known popularly simply as ''jāriprātas'' "sea wind"). | |||
* ''maichleyuñca'' — South (from ''maichla'', an older term for "forest", i.e. the Southern Rainforest) | |||
* ''samvālyuñca'' — West (unclear origin: possibly from the ''Samvālai'', a population from the Central Plain (i.e. to the west of the early Chlouvānem area) mentioned in pre-Classical sources, or possibly from the Lällshag word ''samwaa'' "down") | |||
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 Lāmiejāya delta) | |||
* ''talęeyuñca'' — 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) | |||
* ''nēdrāyuñca'' — Northwest (from ''nēdrāmis'', a dry wind blowing from the northwest of the Plain) | |||
Half-winds (''danyūṃyuñca(i)'') are compound forms: ''kēhaṃhelaṣyuñca'' "North-northeast", ''naleihelaṣyuñca'' "East-northeast", ''naleitalęeyuñca'' "East-southeast", ''maichlatalęeyuñca'' "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: | |||
* ''smrāṇyuñca'' — upstream (literally "source-direction") | |||
* ''memājñuñca'' — downstream (literally "mouth-direction") | |||
* ''ñaryāyuñca'' — landward (literally "mountain-direction") | |||
* ''jāriyuñca'' — seaward | |||
More specific cardinal points may be strictly referred to a particular geographic area. For example, in Līlasuṃghāṇa, which is surrounded on the north and west by Lake Lūlunīkam, vernacular geography uses a diagonal axis with two main points, ''gūltiyuñca'' "lakewards" (Northwest) and ''nanājñuñca'' "forestwards" (Southeast), the latter because of the thick forest spread on most of the hilly areas around the metropolis. | |||
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