{"id":619,"date":"2019-12-23T14:38:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T20:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aprenderquechua.com\/?p=619"},"modified":"2020-03-23T11:23:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T17:23:03","slug":"months-and-days-of-the-week-in-quechua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/vocabulary\/months-and-days-of-the-week-in-quechua\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary 9: Months and days of the week in Quechua"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- aprenderquechua-display-cuadrado -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1730987954818825\" data-ad-slot=\"3042231937\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"background-color:#FFF7B1\" class=\"tadv-background-color\">The Incas had lunar months<\/span>, so they had 12 months like us, but I&#8217;m not sure if they divided the months into weeks of 7 days, forgive my ignorance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost everyone names the months and days of the week by their names in Spanish, so it is not necessary to learn their Quechua equivalents to be able to communicate with a Quechua-speaker, but it can be interesting to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Months of the year in Quechua<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep these words in mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<!-- In-article1 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1730987954818825\" data-ad-slot=\"7368134539\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Killa<\/strong>: month, also means moon.<\/li><li><strong>Wata<\/strong>: year<\/li><li><strong>Killakuna<\/strong>: months<\/li><li><strong>Watakuna<\/strong>: years<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Spanishized<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Quechua<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>English<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Enero<\/td><td>Kamay Raymi killa<\/td><td>January<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Febrero<\/td><td>Hatun Poqoy killa<\/td><td>February<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marzo<\/td><td>Pawqar Waray killa<\/td><td>March<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Abril<\/td><td>Ayriway killa<\/td><td>April<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mayo<\/td><td>Aymuray killa<\/td><td>May<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Junio<\/td><td>Inti Raymi killa<\/td><td>June<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Julio<\/td><td>Anta Situwa killa<\/td><td>July<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Agosto<\/td><td>Qhapaq Situwa killa<\/td><td>August<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Septiembre<\/td><td>Unu Raymi killa<\/td><td>September<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Octubre<\/td><td>Qoya Raymi killa<\/td><td>October<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Noviembre<\/td><td>Ayamarq&#8217;a killa<\/td><td>November<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Diciembre<\/td><td>Qhapaq Raymi killa<\/td><td>December<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the names of the months are related to agricultural issues, and others to parties and astronomical events, such as the famous Inti Raymi (Sun party) which was one of the most important festivals of the Inkas era and was related to the Winter Solstice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can investigate the approximate meaning of the Quechua month names in the <a href=\"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/translating-dictionary\/online\/\">online dictionary<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Days of the week in Quechua<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep these words in mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>P&#8217;unchay<\/strong>: day<\/li><li><strong>Tutamanta<\/strong>: morning<\/li><li><strong>Tuta<\/strong>: night<\/li><li><strong>Illariy<\/strong>: dawn<\/li><li><strong>Paqarin<\/strong>: tomorrow<\/li><li><strong>Minchha<\/strong>: the day after tomorrow<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Spanishized<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Quechua<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>English<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Meaning<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lunes<\/td><td>Killachay<\/td><td>Monday<\/td><td>Moon&#8217;s day (killa)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Martes<\/td><td>Antichay<\/td><td>Tuesday<\/td><td>Andean jungle day (anti)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mi\u00e9rcoles<\/td><td>Qoyllurchay<\/td><td>Wednesday<\/td><td>Venus day (qoyllur)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jueves<\/td><td>Illapachay<\/td><td>Thursday<\/td><td>Lightning God Day (illapa)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Viernes<\/td><td>Ch&#8217;askachay<\/td><td>Friday<\/td><td>Star day or Venus day (ch&#8217;aska)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>S\u00e1bado<\/td><td>K&#8217;uychichay<\/td><td>Saturday<\/td><td>Rainbow day (k&#8217;uychi)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Domingo<\/td><td>Intichay<\/td><td>Sunday<\/td><td>Sun day (inti)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Where do these names come from? Did the Inkas use them? Did they divide the months into weeks of 7 days? I would also like to know, but, isn&#8217;t there much coincidence with the days in English?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, <strong>intichay and sunday<\/strong> mean &#8220;sun day&#8221;, <strong>killachay and monday<\/strong> mean &#8220;moon&#8217;s day&#8221;, <strong>illapachay and thursday<\/strong> mean &#8216; lightning god day &#8216;, <strong>ch&#8217;askachay and friday<\/strong> mean &#8216;Venus day&#8217;, 4 of 7, there is quite a coincidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personally I think it is possible that they are modern names and that old names are unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- Feed1 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-layout-key=\"-ef+6k-30-ac+ty\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1730987954818825\" data-ad-slot=\"2934420723\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>In conclusion, as I said at the beginning, when conversing with Quechua-speaking people (not the same as Quechua scholars) I never heard expressions like: &#8216;Ayriway killapi kashanchis&#8217; (we are in the month Ayriway) or &#8216;Intichaypi kashanchis&#8217; (we are in Sunday), I think if someone spoke like that the listeners would look at him weird and they wouldn&#8217;t know what he was talking about\ud83d\ude35.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Incas had lunar months, so they had 12 months like us, but I&#8217;m not sure if they divided the months into weeks of 7 days, forgive my ignorance. 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