Inquiry: "Basic" cardinal points in various languages

[Scott McGinnis]

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> From: Dmitri Evmenov <exebiche at DE5327.spb.edu>
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> Dear colleagues,
> 
>      There  are  four  "basic"  cardinal points in Russian (sever, yug,
>      vostok,  zapad),  English  (north,  south, east, west) and German
>      (Nord,  Süd,  Ost,  West),  "basic"  in  the  sense that names of
>      "intermediate"  cardinal points are constructed from the names of
>      the "basic" ones (e.g. severo-zapad, north-west, Nordost).
> 
>      In Finnish there are eight "basic" cardinal points, as the names
>      of "north-west" (luode), "north-east" (koillinen), "south-west"
>      (kaakko), and "south-east" (lounas) are not derived from the
>      names of "north" (pohjoinen), "east" (itä), "south" (etelä), and
>      "west" (länsi).
> 
>      Could  you please let me know what other languages also have more
>      than four "basic" cardinal points? Any pointers to literature,
>      internet sources etc. will be gratefully accepted.
>