salatan

Cebuano

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salatan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈlatan/ [s̪ɐˈl̪a.t̪ɐn̪]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧la‧tan

Noun

salatan (Badlit spelling ᜐᜎᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. the south wind

Esperanto

Adjective

salatan

  1. accusative singular present passive participle of sali

Maranao

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salatan.

Noun

salatan

  1. wind
  2. breeze

References

Tagalog

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salatan (south, south wind). Compare Cebuano salatan, Maranao salatan, Waray-Waray salatan, Malay selatan, Indonesian selatan.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saˈlatan/ [sɐˈlaː.t̪ɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -atan
  • Syllabification: sa‧la‧tan

Noun

salatan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. southwest wind
    Synonym: habagat
    Antonym: amihan
  2. (uncommon) southwest
    Synonym: timog-kanluran

Coordinate terms

compass points:  [edit]

hilagang-kanluran
norweste
hilaga
norte
hilagang-silangan
nordeste
oksidente
kanluran
oeste
oryente
silangan
este
salatan
timog-kanluran
sudoeste
sur
timog
timog-silangan
sudeste

Further reading

  • salatan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*salatan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salatan.

Noun

salatan

  1. south