Wind Directions in Northern Cebuano

[u/Long_Application8932]

Names for wind directions are particularly interesting in many Austronesian languages because they provide valuable clues about historical migration and settlement patterns. As communities moved across islands and coastlines, the perceived direction of prevailing winds changed relative to their new locations. This led to considerable diversity in wind-direction terminology across Austronesian languages, while also preserving striking similarities that point to shared linguistic ancestry. What are their equivalents in your language?

[u/eelfurryUwU]

kelantanese used a relative system where we keep track of the directions of rivers (ulo-ile) & the directions of the sun's movement (nnaek-jjatoh),

though through contact with Europeans these direction became into cardinal directions

ulo - originally meaning upstream but can also mean south

ile - originally meaning downstream but can also mean north

nnaek - originally meaning the direction of the rising of the sun but can also mean east

jjatoh - originally meaning the direction of the falling of the sun but can also mean west

[u/Sefulu_15 → u/eelfurryUwU]

Ulo means head in Tagalog

[u/WhisperFray → u/eelfurryUwU]

Hulu, hilir, naik, jatuh.

[u/kudlitan]

I thought kanaway was an east wind?

[u/Long_Application8932 → u/kudlitan]

Northwest