timog

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *timuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timuʀ and Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtimoɡ/ [ˈt̪iː.moɡ]
• Hyphenation: ti‧mog

Noun

timog (Badlit spelling ᜆᜒᜋᜓᜄ᜔)

1. 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

1. south

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *timuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timuʀ and Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ.

Noun

timog

1. 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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtimoɡ/ [ˈt̪iː.moɡ̠̚]
• Rhymes: -imoɡ
• Syllabification: ti‧mog
• Homophone: Timog

Noun

timog (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋᜓᜄ᜔)

1. south

   Synonym: (uncommon) sur

   Patungong timog ang mga manlalakbay.

   The travellers are going towards the south.

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

Derived terms

• katimugan
• patimog
• patimog-kanluran
• patimog-silangan
• tagatimog
• Timog Agusan
• Timog Amerika
• Timog Camarines
• Timog Davao
• Timog Ilocos
• Timog Katagalugan
• Timog Korea
• Timog Lanao
• Timog Leyte
• timog-kanluran
• timog-silangan
• Timog-Silangang Asya
• timugan
• tumimog

Related terms

• katimuran
• Timog

See also

• habagat

Further reading

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