The words for wind in just a few languages of the Americas:
Natick (Wampanoag and their
neighbours)..........................waban
Pequot...................................wuttun
Ojibwe....................................notine, noodin
Abenaki..................................alômsek, kzelômsen,
wlelômsen
Mi'kmaq..................................weju'sƗk
Maliseet..................................wocawson
Mohegan................................wutun
Powhatan...............................rossoun
Naskapi..................................yuutiniskun
Blackfoot.................................sopo
Cheyenne...............................haa'haeshe
Arapaho..................................heséisén
Lakota....................................tate
Hidatsa...................................hutsi
Mohawk..................................kawera'shatste
Nahuatl...................................ehecatl
Yaqui.......................................jeeka
Hopi........................................huukyangw
Apache....................................nilchi
Jicarilla....................................nlchi
Navajo....................................nilchi
Arikara (Sanish)......................huutuúnu'
Sahaptin (Yakama).................huli
Mapuche.................................kürüf
Xavante..................................ro:wa:'u
Maxakali..................................ãmuuh
Quechua (Inca).......................wayra
Taino.......................................hupia, huraca'n
This last word is the origin of English "hurricane".