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Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *timuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timuʀ and Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtimoɡ/
- Hyphenation: ti‧mog
Noun
timog (Badlit spelling ᜆᜒᜋᜓᜄ᜔)
- the southeasterly wind
- Coordinate terms: amihan, habagat, kanaway, salatan
Cuyunon
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *timuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timuʀ and Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ.
Noun
timog
- south
Masbatenyo
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *timuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timuʀ and Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ.
Noun
timog
- north
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *timuʀ (“southeast monsoon”) (compare Cebuano timog (“southeasterly wind”), Cuyunon timog, Ivatan timoy (“rain”), Masbatenyo timog (“north”), and Yami cimoy (“rain”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timuʀ (“southeast monsoon”) (compare Maranao timor (“wind”), Tausug timul (“northeast”), Acehnese timu (“east”), Hawaiian kimu (“precipitation”), Malay timur (“east”), and Samoan timu (“rain”)), from Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ (“south or east wind”) (compare Amis timol).
Pronunciation
Noun
timog (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋᜓᜄ᜔)
- south
- Synonym: (uncommon) sur
Patungong timog ang mga manlalakbay.- The travellers are going towards the south.
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See also
Further reading
- “timog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*timuR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI