Re: CHAT: The Elven (or Techian) calendar

Nik Taylor wrote:
> Anyhoo, the traditional calendar is a lot more complicated.  To
> summarize, there are, in a normal year, 15 months, most of which have 25
> days, except for the 5th and 15th which have 24 - the 10th month may
> have 25 or 24.  In certain years, 9 out of every 38, there is a 16th
> month added.
I suppose I should at least give the names here.  The months:
1.  Uakalla (Newness)
    [wAkAK\'K\a] ([K\] = voiced lateral fricative)
2.  Uizakasuilasi (Time of Growing)
    [wi'zakAsw_0ilaSi]
3.  Uavasila uanasaif (Day's Victory)
    [wAvA'Sila wAna'sajf]
4.  Uizasafi (Time of Births)
    [wi'zasafi]
5.  Uizakaisu (Time of Heat)
    [wi'zakajsu]
6.  Uafgasiüi uafpifii (Short Nights)
    [wAfgA'Sw_0i wAfpi'fi:]
7.  Uafnasai uafzaamui (Long Days)
    [wAfna'saj wAfza:'mwi]
8.  Uizanassikasi (Middle Time)
    [wi'zanaSSikASi]
9.  Uizagudiala (Time of Mating)
    [wi'zAgudZala]
10. Uavasila Uagasiuf (Night's Victory)
    [wAvA'sila wAgA'Sof]
11. Uizaiaunna (Time of Dying)
    [wi'zajAwnna]
12. Uizadiagutta (Time of Cold)
    [wi'zadZagotta]
13. Uafnasai Uafpifii (Short Days)
    [wAfna'saj wAfpi'fi:]
14. Uapuusafi tiKazianaf (Sun's Rebirth)
    [wApu:'safi tSikA'Zanaf]
15. Uafgasiüi Uafzaamui (Long Nights)
    [wAfgA'Sw_0i wAfza:'mwi]
16. Uatikala (Oldness) - this is the intercalcary month
    [wAtSi'kAla]

Days of the week:
Uadlikan (Fire)
[wAdr\i'kAn]
Uanipa (Water)
[wAni'pA]
Uanafakil (Air)
[wAna'fACel]
Uatisklaanu (Flesh)
[wAtSeS'kl_0A:nu]
Uakassa (Life)
[wAkAs'sa]
Uauppa (Love)
[wAwp'pA]

No day is considered first.  Calendars will start with day 1 at the far
left corner, with four rows of 6 days and an extra day at the bottom
(except in 24-day months, of course).  At the top will be written the
days of the week, such that the leftmost will be whichever day the first
of the month is.

In addition, in First Empire times, the 6th, 12th, 18th, and 24th (or
23rd in 24-day months) days were often referred to as "Silver Days",
because of the old custom of paying double on those days.  The standard
wage for a laborer was 7 saklati per 6-day week (originally it was 1 per
day, but inflation bumped it up a sixth), so the custom arose of paying
1 saklas per day, except on those days when it would be 2 saklati.  Of
course, that didn't apply to day-laborers.  The final day of the month
was traditionally a feast day.

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