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===== Gull Speaker Day/Week/Month Terminology (prototype) ===== | |||
Culture note: in ancient times the month’s end coincided with the new moon, resulting in months with variable days. This system coincided interestingly with the Islamic calendar, which is also lunar based. However, unlike the Islamic calendar, the Minhast have since the beginning of their history added intercalation days to synchronize the year to the Winter Solstice. Primitive astronomers derived the intercalation days from a notch located in Aškamat min Hūr ("Plumed Falcon Mountain"). These intercalated days were then distributed among each month of the year. | |||
That is no longer the case and was standardized by the Gull Speakers to its current form during the early 17th century. The month is divided into two 14-day weeks, and a final 3-day or 4-day week (Ittunan, lit. “it slides”, i.e. the period of derived intercalation). The individual days of this final week follow the formula Pešša + CONN + cardinal number, starting at the day of the Saxtisuyyuenan where any intercalation, calculated in relation to the Winter Solstice from a notch in . | |||
Days of the week (arruhādi - “half-moon” ): | |||
Xāri (“Owl”)/Iknahinwānan (“it has moon-left”)/Simmia (“moonless night”) | |||
Azur | |||
Mankaš | |||
Ekta’ | |||
Nuyyuen | |||
Tayy | |||
Ussab | |||
Nebba | |||
Kus | |||
Ra’un | |||
Ma’ta, Matta | |||
Uyyuz | |||
Pextāt | |||
Saxtarruhādian (lit. “It has become the half-moon”) | |||
Šanāxim Xāri (“second Xāri”) | |||
Šanāxim Azur | |||
Šanāxim Mankaš | |||
Šanāxim Ekta’ | |||
Šanāxim Nuyyuen | |||
Šanāxim Tayy | |||
Šanāxim Ussab | |||
Šanāxim Nebba | |||
Šanāxim Kus | |||
Šanāxim Ra’un | |||
Šanāxim Ma’ta/Matta | |||
Šanāxim Uyyuz | |||
Šanāxim Pextāt | |||
Saxtisuyyuenan (“It has become the full moon”) | |||
Pešša I (Peššam Šūmī) | |||
Pešša II (Peššam Šānī) | |||
Pešša III (Peššam Duxt) | |||
Names of each week: | |||
Iknan “new moon” (It has left) | |||
Arruhādi “half moon” | |||
Suyyuen “full moon” | |||
===== Minhast Morphosyntax Notes ===== | ===== Minhast Morphosyntax Notes ===== | ||