Andean Aymara

¡Maraptis jilatanaka, kullakanaka! ¿Kamisaraki? Nax hichhax Moquegua markantwa. Aka jaqix wali sumaw, manq’aña sumarakiwa piru sinti lupiwa. ¡Sumarus! Arumant Muylaqi markan saranitwa pa liebrempi (aka liebrenakax Mariatakiwa). Wal kusisitwa. Hikhisinkama …

Hello from Moquegua. The fieldwork continues productively, I’ve succeeded in interviewing a variety of people from all walks of life and from various villages. That’s the good thing about being in Moquegua – it is sort of a melting pot of locals who come here to visit their families, take care of bureaucratic needs, or to sell something.

There’s been a lot of progress in this project, though I confess to not having done as much as I would have liked to. As with any interesting study, the more you learn, the more questions arise. Aymara is a very difficult puzzle. I’ll share some results here sometime later.

Tomorrow morning returning to Muylaque, this time with gifts for my generous hostess, Maria . I’ll be brining all kinds of kitchen supplies as well as two hares (pictured below) which I bought at the animal market this morning and are now hopping around the bathtub in my hotel room.