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* ''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 ('' | Half-winds (''danyūmyuñca(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: | Not typically distinguished from the cardinal points named above are the following directions: | ||