Hymenocallis / Ismene
Lee Poulsen (Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:35:43 PDT)

Dell Sherk wrote:

I found the following comments:

"El Amancae (nombre en quechua) también es llamado Amancaya (en aymara),
Hamanq'ay, Janacai, Lamanckai, etc."
[The Amancae (name in Quechua) is also called Amancaya (in Aymara),
Hamanq'ay, Janacai, Lamanckai, etc.]
<http://www.peruecologico.com.pe/amancae.htm>

Since every unaccented vowel (except for 'u' after 'q' and between 'g'
and 'e' or 'i') is always pronounced in Spanish, it seems there is no
need to put an accent mark over the 'e' to indicate that it should be
pronounced separately.

--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10A