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Day & month names

From:Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...>
Date:Monday, May 1, 2000, 5:03
Nik Taylor wrote:

> > Now to return to conlanging... :-) > > Yes, let's. :-) The Kassí have a six-day week, named thus: > > (Waláaza) Wadlíkanaf - (Day) of Fire > (Waláaza) Wanípaf - (Day) of Water > (Waláaza) Wanafakílaf - (Day) of Air/Wind > (Waláaza) Watisklaanúf - (Day) of Flesh > (Waláaza) Wakassáf - (Day) of Life > (Waláaza) Wuppáf - (Day) of Love
Thief! ;) My personal calendar (The *Chleweyic calendar) uses a combination of numbers and names for the different concepts... and days are based on "elements" this way (angle brakets for names in Chleweiyish): day 0: water day <darit cewto> day 1: life day <darit teegu> day 2: fire day <darit decco> day 3: metal day <darit battu> day 4: organic-material day (carbon day for short) <darit ficcha> day 5: air day <darit bluffo> day 6: moon day <darit lansa> day 7: sun day <darit gongo> * Chleweyish, Chleweiness, Chleweyic, Chleweyian... well, I seem to have fun using all this derivations :D Lap years are called wet years because they have an additional water day, inserted at the begining of the year. There are 12 months and 2 free weeks (or shorter months) the names (and numbers) are: 0: free week (5 days, 6 in wet years) <wasmu zuyke> 1: joy month (30 days) <cosya nirbe> 2: anger month (29 days) <cosya nyule> 3: laziness month (30 days) <cosya erpe> 4: hope month (29 days) <cosya notte> 5: faith month (30 days) <cosya reype> 6: tender month (29 days) <cosya syale> 7: leasure week (6 days) <wasmu deyme> 8: justice month (29 days) <cosya chowme> 9: freedom month (30 days) <cosya ceege> 10: fraternity month (29 days) <cosya lassye> 11: love month (30 days) <cosya lombe> 12: soberb month (29 days) <cosya creyfe> 13: craziness month (30 days) <cosya wippe> All 30 days months begin in a water day and the 29 days months begin in life day. Current year is 27, current month is tender and current day is life (first life of tender). Years follow a 8 year cycle and there are 16 year cycles each 128 years. 128 is important since there are exactly 31 wet years in the 128 year cycle: Years in a cycle (octade) are named after animlas: 0: mouse year <wowop robito> 1: dog year <wowop brando> 2: fly year <wowop nuyro> 3: cat year <wowop wambo> 4: bear year <wowop tuyco> 5: toad year <wowop suyno> 6: horse year <wowop hinhiro> 7: rabbit year <wowop firdo> And cycles are named after colours: 0: black <rurwop lose> 1: brown <rurwop socce> 2: red <rurwop loome> 3: orange <rurwop vule> 4: yellow <rurwop medde> 5: green <rurwop quappe> 6: blue <rurwop fuyle> 7: purple <rurwop rabbe> 8: gray <rurwop hayre> 9: white <rurwop dofe> 10: light sky blue <rurwop djecke> 11: pink <rurwop carse> 12: golden <rurwop bawde> 13: cyan <rurwop wamme> 14: beige <rurwop birce> 15: magenta <rurwop breyse> Today (from 30th April noon to 1st May noon GMT) is then: First Life of Tender of the first Red Cat. (teegu syale pesse wambo e loome pesse). or writen in hexa-octal notation: x001Bx6o01 (or 001B601) (wowop ghey ruryom cosya rapet darit rey) (na na ghey ruryom rapet na rey) The wet years? the following years are wet years (in the period 0-127): 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, 57, 61, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 99, 103, 107, 111, 115, 119, 123, 127 Anybody try to guess where was the first Chleweyic day in both Chleweyic and Gregorian notations? -- Carlos Th