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

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎ (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

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	hilaga	hilagang-silangan
kanluran		silangan
timog-kanluran	timog	timog-silangan

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

• salanta

Waray-Waray

Etymology

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

Noun

salatan

1. south