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Re: CHAT: Directions

From:Adam Parrish <myth@...>
Date:Friday, July 9, 1999, 5:48
        Doraya has some pretty straightforward words for directions,
derived from _ainde_ 'way' + various other nouns (interpret following
apostrophe as an accent on the preceding vowel):

        _aindos_ 'east' ( > "rising way")
        _aindya'vi_ 'west' ( > "dusk way")
        _aindur_ 'north' ( > "cold way")
        _aindo'lya_ 'south' ( > "hot way")

        Question: naming directions by temperature, at least to me,
seems logical enough, but I haven't seen it come up in any of the
{nat,con}lang examples on the list so far.  Is there any precedent for
this?

Later,
Adam