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pressed by huaylluni. This is nearly always confined to sexual 

 love, and conveys the idea of the sentiment showing itself in 

 action by those sweet signs and marks of devotion which arc so 

 highly prized by the loving heart. The origin of this word in- 

 dicates its sentient and spontaneous character. Its radical is 

 the interjection huay, which among that people is an inarticulate 

 cry of tenderness and affection. * 



The verb lluylluy means literally to be tender or soft, as fruit, 

 or the young of animals ; and applied to the sentiments, to love 

 with tenderness, to have as a darling, to caress lovingly. It has 

 less of sexuality in it than the word last mentioned, and is ap- 

 plied by girls to each other, and as a term of family fondness. 

 It is on a parallel with the English "dear," "to hold dear," etc.f 



In the later compositions in Qquichua the favorite word for 

 love is ccuyay. Originally this expression meant to pity, and 

 in this sense it occurs in the drama of Ollanta ; but also even 

 there as a term signifying the passion of love apart from any 

 idea of compassion. % In the later songs, those whose composi- 

 tion may be placed in this century, it is preferred to munay as 

 the most appropriate term for the love between the sexes. § 

 From it also is derived the word for charit}* - and benevolence. 



As munay is considered to refer to natural affection felt 

 within the mind, mayhuay is that ostentatious sentiment which 

 displays itself in words of tenderness and acts of endearment, 

 but leaves it an open question whether these are an3 r thing more 

 than simulated signs of emotion. || 



This list is not exhaustive of the tender words in the Qqui- 

 chua ; but it will serve to show that the tongue was rich in 

 them, and that the ancient Peruvians recognized many degrees 

 and forms of this moving sentiment. 



* From the Ollanta : 



Huay ccoyallay. Huay mamallay, 



Ay, huayllucusccay ccosallay. 



Oh, my queen! Oh, my mother! 



Oh, my husband so beloved ! (305, 306). 

 These lines show both the word and its derivation. 

 j-From the Ollanta: 



fta llulhispa, caress thee, are fond of thee (931). 

 J From the Ollanta: 



ccityaccu.scaltay, my beloved one (1758). 



ccuya.ska, compassionate (1705,). 

 gSeethe Qquichua love songs, harahui and huaynv, as they are called, given 

 by Anchorena in his Brdmdtica Quecliua, pp. 181-18&. 

 || See Holguin, Vocabulario Qquichua, s. v., mayhuay and mayhuayecuni. 



