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Ba10.9

Maybe we should therefore consider the last text line (with 32 glyphs) on side a of the B tablet as a special case.

... The north pole slowly moved in a circle ... inside these walls of Ming Thang, The Bright Palace, 'the mystical temple-dwelling which the emperor was supposed to frequent, carrying out the rites appropriate to the seasons' ...

But other (complementary) interpretations are also possible. For instance would it be easy to read 421 as the sum of 300 days ruled by the Sun and 121 (Beltaine) nights waiting for his next return.

Kua oho ki te nuku honu mai tae huri ïa ki te motomotou honu kua tuu ki te hau tea e vaha te manu ariga hiti kua vero ko te tai mai tae noho ki te hau tea

Huri. 1. To turn (vt.), to overthrow, to knock down: huri moai, the overthrowing of the statues from their ahus during the period of decadence on the island. 2. To pour a liquid from a container: ka huri mai te vai, pour me some water. 3. To end a lament, a mourning: he huri i te tagi, ina ekó tagi hakaou, with this the mourning (for the deceased) is over, there shall be no more crying. 4. New shoot of banana: huri maîka. Vanaga. 1. Stem. P Mgv.: huri, a banana shoot. Mq.: hui, shoot, scion. 2. To turn over, to be turned over onto another side, to bend, to lean, to warp; huri ke, to change, to decant; tae huri ke, invariable; huri ke tahaga no mai, to change as the wind; tae huri, immovable; e ko huri ke, infallible; huhuri, rolling; hakahuri, to turn over; hakahuri ke, to divine. P Pau.: huri, to turn. Mgv.: huri, uri, to turn on one side, to roll, to turn upside down, to reverse. Mq.: hui, to turn, to reverse. 3. To throw, to shoot. 4. To water, to wet. 5. To hollow out. Hurihuri: 1. Wrath, anger; kokoma hurihuri, animosity, spite, wrath, fury, hate, enmity, irritable, quick tempered, to feel offended, to resent, to pester; kokoma hurihuri ke, to be in a rage. 2. (huri 4) hurihuri titi, to fill up. 3. To polish. 4. (uriuri). Hurikea, to transfigure, to transform. Churchill. Mq. huri, resemblance. Sa.: foliga, to resemble. Churchill.

Tai. 1. Ocean, sea (often used without an article); he-turu au ki tai hopu, I am going down to the sea to bathe. 2. To be calm, good for fishing: he tai. There exists a surprisingly developed terminology for distinguishing the phases of the tides: tai pâpaku, low tide; ku-gúgú-á te tai, tide at his lowest, literally 'the sea has dried up'; he-ranu te tai, when the water starts rising again; this is a strange expression, since ranu means 'amniotic liquid,' the breaking of the waters which precedes birth; in this phase of the tides the fish start coming out of their hiding places and swim to the coast in search of food; tai hahati, rising tide; tai hini hahati, tide as it continues rising; tai u'a, tai u'a parera, when the tide has reached its high; tai hini u'a, tide all throughout its full phase; tai hori, tide as it starts receding; tai ma'u, tide during its decreasing phase, right until it becomes tai pâpaku again; tai raurau a riki, the slight swell, or effervescence of the sea at a change of the moon. 3. Good spot for raising chickens; the stone chicken coops called hare moa, were built in places 'tai moa'. Ahé te tai o taau moa? whereabouts are the raising grounds of your chickens? 4. Song in general; song executed by a group of singers; ku-garo-ana i a au te kupu o te tai, I have forgotten the words of the song. Taitai, tasteless; said especially of sweet potatoes and other produces of the soil which do not taste good for being too watery; kumara taitai, watery, tasteless sweet potato. Vanaga. 1. Salt water; taitai, brackish, salty. P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: tai, salt water. Mq.: taitai, to salt. Ta.: taitai, salty. 2. Sea, ocean; tai hati, breakers; tai hohonu, depths of the sea; tai kaukau, tide; tai negonego, tide; tai o, ripple; tai parera, tide; tai poko, breakers; tai titi, tide; tai ua, tide, ebb; tai vanaga, ripple. P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: tai, sea, ocean. 3. Ta.: tai-ao, dawn. Mq.: takitaki te ao, just before dawn. Churchill.

Ba8-1 (295) Ba8-2 Ba8-3 Ba8-4 → 3-25 Ba8-5 Ba8-6 (300) Ba8-7
VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi (186.3)

INTROMETIDA (Inserted) = ε Crucis (187.4), ACRUX = α Crucis (187.5)

*146.0 = *187.4 - *41.4
γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), ALGORAB = δ Corvi (188.5), GACRUX = γ Crucis (188.7) γ Muscae (189.0), AVIS SATYRA (Bird of the Satyrs) = η Corvi (189.3), ASTERION (Starry) = β Canum Ven. (189.5), KRAZ = β Corvi, κ Draconis (189.7)

α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7)

ALDERAMIN (α Cephei)

Al Áwwā'-11 (The Barker) / Shur-mahrū-shirū-18 (Front or West Shur)

SOMBRERO GALAXY = M104 Virginis (191.1), ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA = γ Virginis, γ Centauri (191.5)

*150.0 = *191.4 - *41.4

ι Crucis (192.2), β Muscae (192.5), MIMOSA = β Crucis (192.9)

JULY 21 22 / 7 → π 23 24 25 (88 + 118) 26 (191 + 16) 27 (208)
5
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
No star listed (4)

ANKAA = α Phoenicis, κ Phoenicis (5.0)

ALPHARD (α Hydrae)

λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4)

*6.4 - *41.4 = *147.0 - 182.0 = - *35.0

ANDROMEDA GALAXY (M31), π Andromedae (7.7)

ε Andromedae (8.2), DELTA = δ Andromedae (8.4), SCHEDIR (Breast) = α Cassiopeiae (8.6), ζ Andromedae, μ Phoenicis (8.9)

*8.4 - *41.4 = *149.0 - 182.0 = - *33.0

ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1), DENEB KAITOS (Tail of the Sea Beast) = β Ceti, η Phoenicis (9.4), AL NITHĀM (String of Pearls) = φ¹ Ceti (9.6)

*9.4 - *41.4 = *150.0 - 182.0 = - *32.0

ACHIRD (Woman with Luminous Rays) = η Cassiopeiae (10.7)
Julian equinox March 26 (85) 27 (451) 28 29 (88) 30 31 (208 - 118)

More definite overall perceptions must, however, also incorporate the text on side b of the tablet. Let's therefore here only try to summarize (as far as such efforts are possible) line Ba10:

Ba10-1 (390) Ba10-2 Ba10-3 Ba10-4 Ba10-5 Ba10-6
ka mai ki te Raa kua vaha ko te henua kua puu ko te henua kua hakaora ia raua - kua hora koia - kua hakatetea ko raua

Vaha. Hollow; opening; space between the fingers (vaha rima); door cracks (vaha papare). Vahavaha, to fight, to wrangle, to argue with abusive words. Vanaga. 1. Space, before T; vaha takitua, perineum. PS Mgv.: vaha, a space, an open place. Mq.: vaha, separated, not joined. Ta.: vaha, an opening. Sa.: vasa, space, interval. To.: vaha, vahaa, id. Fu.: vasa, vāsaà, id. Niuē: vahā. 2. Muscle, tendon; vahavaha, id. Vahahora (vaha 1 - hora 2), spring. Vahatoga (vaha 1 - toga 1), autumn. 3. Ta.: vahavaha, to disdain, to dislike. Ha.: wahawaha, to hate, to dislike.  Churchill.

Hora. Ancient name of summer (toga-hora, winter summer). Vanaga. 1. In haste (horahorau). 2. Summer, April; hora nui, March; vaha hora, spring. 3. 'Hour', 'watch'. 4. Pau.: hora, salted, briny. Ta.: horahora, bitter. Mq.: hoáhoá, id. 5. Ta.: hora, Tephrosia piscatoria, to poison fish therewith. Ha.: hola, to poison fish. Churchill. Horahora, to spread, unfold, extend, to heave to; hohora, to come into leaf. P Pau.: hohora, to unfold, to unroll; horahora, to spread out, to unwrap. Mgv.: hohora, to spread out clothes as a carpet; mahora, to stretch out (from the smallest extension to the greatest), Mq.: hohoá, to display, to spread out, to unroll. Ta.: hohora, to open, to display; hora, to extend the hand in giving it. Churchill.

Tetea. To have many descendants. Vanaga.

The year was divided into summer and winter - like day and night. They were 'born' (hanau) in spring (in the morning of the year) respectively in the evening of the year.

hanau

spring

fall

INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
APRIL 25 26 27 28 (118) 29 30 (366 - 64 - 182)
VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

Abhijit-22 (Victorious)

θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA = α Lyrae (281.8)
No star listed (282)

ζ Pavonis (283.4), λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), DOUBLE DOUBLE = ε Lyrae (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8)

*242.0 = *283.4 - *41.4

South Dipper-8 (Unicorn)

Φ Sagittarii (284.0), μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8)

SHELIAK (Tortoise) = β Lyrae, ν Lyrae (285.1), ο Draconis (285.5). λ Pavonis (285.7)

ATLAS (27 Tauri)

χ Oct. (286.0), AIN AL RAMI (Eye of the Archer) = ν Sagittarii (286.2), υ Draconis (286.4), δ Lyrae (286.3), κ Pavonis (286.5), ALYA (Fat Tail) = θ Serpentis (286.6)

*245.0 = *286.4 - *41.4
Dec 27 28 29 30 (364) 31 Jan 1

... He went out alone in a boat to fish with hook and line. During three days and nights he caught nothing, but at length he caught a turtle of five colours. Wondering, he put it in the boat ... While he slept the turtle suddenly became transformed into a woman, in form beautiful beyond description ... He said to her, 'This place is far from the homes of people, of whom there are few on the sea. How did you so suddenly come here? 'Smiling she replied, 'I deemed you a man of parts alone on the sea, lacking anyone with whom to converse, so I came here by wind and cloud.' 'You can come to that region by a turn of your oar. Obey me and shut your eyes.' So presently they came to a broad island in the wide sea, which was covered with jewels. (On it was a great mansion.) Its high gate and towers shone with a brilliance which his eyes had never beheld and his ears had never heard tell ...

To understand the text it is necessary to rely on earlier views, for instance:

'24

Dec 6

Dec 30

RAS ALGETHI (*260) Φ Sagittarii (*284)

15

11

20

2

Ba9-1 (341)

Ba9-17 (357)

Ba9-29 Ba10-1 (390) Ba10-4
MARCH 7 (50 + 16)

MARCH 23 (82)

APRIL 4 (94) APRIL 25 (115) (4 * 29½)

ALGENIB PERSEI = α Persei (50.0)

KAJAM (Club) = ω Herculis (248.3) RAS ALGETHI = α Herculis (260.8) VEGA (281.8) Φ Sagittarii (284.0)

May 10 (80 + 50)

26 (146 = 82 + 64)

June 7 (131 + 27) 28 (179) July 1 (182)

'April 13 (53 + 50)

29 (82 + 37)

'May 11 (131)

'June 1 (152)

3 (155)

"March 30 (39 + 50)

"April 15 (105)

27 (117)

"May 18 (138) 21 (141)

When the Sun was at Beltaine the Full Moon would be at Samhain, where a little bed (cfr the 21st Hindu station Uttara Ashadha) had been prepared. Because the 20th Hindu station (Purva Ashadha) implied a winnowing basket. In between was the Victorious Vega → 22 → 3.14 * 7.

Ba10-7 (396) Ba10-8 Ba10-9 Ba10-10 (400 - 1)
ki to ihe kua rere ki ruga o te marama

Marama. 1. Month, light. The ancient names of the month were: Tua haro, Tehetu'upú, Tarahao, Vaitu nui, Vaitu poru, He Maro, He Anakena, Hora iti, Hora nui, Tagaroa uri, Ko Ruti, Ko Koró. 2. Name of an ancient tribe. Maramara, ember. Vanaga. Light, day, brightness, to glimmer; month; intelligent, sensible; no tera marama, monthly; marama roa, a long term; horau marama no iti, daybreak; hakamarama, school, to glimmer; hare hakamarama, school, classroom. P Mgv.: màràma, the light, daylight; maràma, wise, learned, instructed, moon. Mq.: maáma, light, broad day, bright, instructed, learned; meama, moon, month. Ta.: marama, moon, month. In form conditionalis this word seems derivative from lama, in which the illuminating sense appears in its signification of a torch. The sense of light, and of specifically the moon, appears in all Polynesia; in Futuna and Uvea the word signifies the world. The tropical extension to the light of intelligence is not found in Nuclear Polynesia, therefore not in the Proto-Samoan, but is a later Tongafiti development. Maramarama, bright; manava maramarama, intelligent. P Pau.: maramarama, intelligent. Ta.: maramarama, light, brightness. Churchill. The month sense is found in Tahiti, Marquesas, Rarotonga and Maori associated with the moon signification, and in Hawaii is specifically dissociated therefrom to characterize a solar month. Churchill 2.

INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
MAY 1 (BELTAINE) 2 (122) 3 4 (370 - 64 - 182)
 
VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

ξ Sagittarii (287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Aquilae, ε Cor. Austr., SULAPHAT (Little Tortoise Shell) = γ Lyrae (287.4), λ Lyrae (287.7), ASCELLA (Armpit) = ζ Sagittarii, BERED = i Aquilae (Ant.) (287.9)

*246.0 = *287.4 - *41.4

Al Na'ām-18 (Ostriches) / Uttara Ashadha-21 (Elephant tusk, small bed)

NUNKI = σ Sagittarii (288.4), ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5), MANUBRIUM = ο Sagittarii (288.8), ζ Aquilae (288.9)

*247.0 = *288.4 - *41.4

19h (289.2)

λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8)

*248.0 = *289.4 - *41.4

 

Al Baldah-19 (City)

AL BALDAH = π Sagittarii, ALPHEKKA (Dish) MERIDIANA = α Cor. Austr. (290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2)

... This [σ Sagittarii] has been identified with Nunki of the Euphratean Tablet of the Thirty Stars, the Star of the Proclamation of the Sea, this Sea being the quarter occupied by Aquarius, Capricornus, Delphinus, Pisces, and Pisces Australis. It is the same space in the sky that Aratos designated as Water ...

Jan 2 3 (80 + 288) 4 5 (370 = 80 + 290)
OCT 30 31 (80 + 224) NOV 1 (*225) 2 (306)

Ba10-11 (400)

Ba10-12

Ba10-13 Ba10-14 Ba10-15 (→ 150) Ba10-16
ko te ika kua hagai ma to koe tagata ora ra ko to ihe kua rere ki to ragi - kua moe ko hau tea ki ruga o te tagata - kikiu atu kua rere te manu

Kikiu. 1. Said of food insufficiently cooked and therefore tough: kai kikiu. 2. To tie securely; to tighten the knots of a snare: ku-kikiu-á te hereíga, the knot has been tightened. 3. Figuratively: mean, tight, stingy; puoko kikiu. a miser; also: eve kikiu. 4. To squeak (of rats, chickens). Kiukiu, to chirp (of chicks and birds); to make short noises. The first bells brought by the missionaries were given this name. Vanaga. Kiukiu (kikiu). 1. To resound, to ring, sonorous, bell, bronze; kiukiu rikiriki, hand bell; tagi kiukiu, sound of a bell; kikiu, to ring, the squeeking of rats; tariga kikiu, din, buzzing; hakakiukiu, to ring. Mgv.: kiukiu, a thin sound, a soft sweet sound. 2. To disobey, disobedience; mogugu kiukiu, ungrateful; ka kikiu ro, to importune. Churchill.

Atu. Particle of meaning opposite to that of mai; it refers to the second or third person, expressing movement away: ka-avai-atu, give it to him: he-oho-atu au, I am going there, after you; i-oho-atu-era, when I had gone there. Vanaga. 1. a. Directive, of motion from the speaker. b. Somewhat expressive of the comparative degree. 2. Pupil; hakaatu, proof; hare hakaatuga, schoolhouse, class. 3. (hakaatu), to presage. 4. (hakaatu), mark, object. Churchill.

INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:

MAY 5 (5 * 5 * 5)

6 7 8 (128) 9 10
VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
ALADFAR (The Talons) = η Lyrae (291.1), NODUS II = δ Draconis (291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), τ Draconis (291.7), θ Lyrae (291.8) ω Aquilae (292.1), ρ Sagittarii (292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7) π Draconis, ARKAB PRIOR = β¹ Sagittarii (293.0), ARKAB POSTERIOR = β² Sagittarii, ALRAMI (The Archer) = α Sagittarii (293.2), χ Sagittarii (293.6) DENEB OKAB (Tail of the Eagle) = δ Aquilae (Ant.) (294.0), α VULPECULAE (Little Fox) (294.9) ν Aquilae (Ant.) (295.0), ALBIREO - Hen's Beak = β Cygni (295.5) ALSAFI (Fire Tripod) = σ Draconis (296.0), μ Aquilae (296.3), ι Aquilae (Ant.) (296.8), κ Aquilae (Ant.) (296.9)
Jan 6 7 8 9 (374) 10 11
NOV 3 4 5 6 (310 = 294 + 16) 7 8

Ba10-17 Ba10-18

Ba10-19 (408)

Ba10-20 Ba10-21
i te tagata ure huki no ona koia anake ka mou ia mai tae tuki te henua

Anake, unique. T Pau.: anake, unique, to be alone. Mgv.: anake, alone, single, only, solely. Mq.: anake, anaé, id. Ta.: anae, all, each, alone, unique. Anakena, July. Ananake, common, together, entire, entirely, at once, all, general, unanimous, universal, without distinction, whole, a company; piri mai te tagata ananake, public; kite aro o te mautagata ananake, public; mea ananake, impartial; koona ananake, everywhere. Churchill.

Mou. 1. Enough (moua, mouga). PS Sa.: mou, many. 2. To get (mau); hakamou, id. 3. To use up, to expand, to absorb; hakamou, to spend; hakamoumou, to use up, to expend. 4. To be silent, shy, dejected, stupid, taciturn, mute, uncomplaining, silence, shut up!, attention!; mou no, to speak in laconic terms, dull, mute, silence; hakamou, to silence, to shut up, to quiet. Mq.: mou, peace, tranquil, quiet. 5. To cease, to end, to finish, to conclude; a pact, agreement; mou noa, to endure (mau); mou a te toua, reconciliation; ina kai mou, always, eternal, perpetual; ina e ko mou, incessant; e ko mou, always; tae mou, permanent, perpetual; hakamou, to accomplish, to end, to conclude, to consummate, to conciliate; e ko moumou, indissoluble; hakamoumouga, the finish, termination, Mgv.: mou, to quench the thirst. 6. To harass; mou no, to suffer damage; hakamou, to abolish, abrogate, annihilate, nullify, annul, impoverish, destroy, interrupt, exsterminate, plunder, smooth out folds; moumou, to devastate, pillage, devastation, destruction; hakamoumou, to demolish, to ravage, to suppress. Ta.: mou, to extinguish, to destroy. Moua, enough, past (mou, mouga). Churchill.

tara

Ba10-20

INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
MAY 11 12 13 (133) 14 15
VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
ε Sagittae (297.1), σ Aquilae (Ant.) (297.4), SHAM (Arrow) = α Sagittae (297.8)

*256.0 = *297.4 - *41.4

β Sagittae (298.0), χ Aquilae (298.3), ψ Aquilae (298.8) υ Aquilae (299.1), TARAZED (Star-striking Falcon) = γ Aquilae (299.3), δ Sagittae (299.6), π Aquilae (299.9)

Sravana-23 (Ear or Three Footprints)

TYL = ε Draconis (300.0), ζ Sagittae (300.1), ALTAIR (Flying Eagle) = α Aquilae (300.3), ο Aquilae (300.5), BEZEK = η Aquilae (Ant.) (300.8)
ι Sagittarii (301.2), TEREBELLUM = ω Sagittarii, ξ Aquilae (301.3), ALSHAIN (Falcon) = β Aquilae (301.6), φ Aquilae (301.8)
Jan 12 (377) 13 14 15 16
NOV 9 10 (314) 11 12 13
Ba10-22 Ba10-23 Ba10-24 (413 = 14 * 29½)
kua moe ko te manu ki to ika e tagata haga era ki te mea ke
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
MAY 16 (136) 17 18
VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5), μ Pavonis (302.7) τ Aquilae (303.8)

20h (304.4)

304.4 = 118.4 + 186.0

η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4)

*263.0 = *77.0 + *186.0
Jan 17 (382) 18 19
NOV 14 15 16 (320 = 384 - 64)

Jan 19 (*304)

*16

Febr 4 (*320)

δ Pavonis

δ Pavonis

*304 - *64 = *240

*320 - *64 = *256

NOV 16 (320 = 384 - 64)

DEC 2 (336 = 4 * 84)

*179.0

BRIGHT FIRE (*125.4)

δ Pavonis (*304.4)
*125 - *64 = *61 = *145 - *84 = *320 - *259 = *240 - *179
*96.0 *179.0

ε Trianguli (*29.4)

BRIGHT FIRE (*125.4) δ Pavonis (*304.4)

Ba10-25

Ba10-26 (314 + 101)

Ba10-27 Ba10-28
ko agaagata kua maa ko koe - e kua hatu ko to toa e tagata haga - i to ua e kua koti ko te henua
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
MAY 19 20 (140) 21 22
VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

SHANG WEI (Higher Guard) = κ Cephei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4), TSEEN FOO (Heavenly Raft) = θ Aquilae (Ant.) (305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8)

*264.0 = *305.4 - *41.4
TSO KE (Left Flag) = ρ Aquilae (306.3) GREDI (Goat) = α Capricorni (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), ALSHAT (The Sheep) = ν Capricorni (307.9)

Al Sa’d al Dhabih-20 (Lucky One of the Slaughterers) / Ox / Herd Boy-9 (Buffalo)

DABIH = β Capricorni (308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1), SADIR (Hen's Breast) = γ Cygni (308.4), PEACOCK = α Pavonis (308.7)

*267.0 = *308.4 - *41.4
Jan 20 21 22 23 (388)
NOV 17 18 19 20 (324 = 340 - 16)
Ba10-29 Ba10-30 Ba10-31 (420 = 7 * 60) Ba10-32 (→ 320)
ma te maitaki koia ra kua hoki to rarahoi kua tu ki to toga Etagata itiiti

Rara. Mgv.: a branch of a tree. Ta.: rara, id. Mq.: rara, small branches. Sa.: lala, id. Ma.: rara, id. Churchill.

Toga. 1. Winter season. Two seasons used to be distinguished in ancient times: hora, summer, and toga, winter. 2. To lean against somehing; to hold something fast; support, post supporting the roof. 3. To throw something with a sudden movement. 4. To feed oneself, to eat enough; e-toga koe ana oho ki te aga, eat well first when you go to work. Vanaga. 1. Winter. P Pau., Mgv.: toga, south. Mq.: tuatoka, east wind. Ta.: toa, south. 2. Column, prop; togatoga, prop, stay. Togariki, northeast wind. Churchill. Wooden platform for a dead chief: ka tuu i te toga (Bb8-42), when the wooden platform has been erected. Barthel 2. The expressions Tonga, Kona, Toa (Sam., Haw., Tah.), to indicate the quarter of an island or of the wind, between the south and west, and Tokelau, Toerau, Koolau (Sam., Haw., Tah.), to indicate the opposite directions from north to east - expressions universal throughout Polynesia, and but little modified by subsequent local circumstances - point strongly to a former habitat in lands where the regular monsoons prevailed. Etymologically 'Tonga', 'Kona', contracted from 'To-anga' or 'Ko-ana', signifies 'the setting', seil. of the sun. 'Toke-lau', of which the other forms are merely dialectical variations, signifies 'the cold, chilly sea'. Fornander.

INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
MAY 23 24 (12 * 12) 25 (145) 26
VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

OKUL = π Capricorni (309.6), BOS = ρ Capricorni (309.9)

ARNEB (α Leporis)

MINTAKA (δ Orionis)

ο Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5)

HEKA (λ Orionis)

ALNILAM (ε Orionis)

ROTTEN MELON = ε Delphini, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4), ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7)

PHAKT (α Columbae)

ALNILAK (ζ Orionis)

*270.0 = *311.4 - *41.4

ROTANEV = β Delphini, ι Delphini (312.3), τ Capricorni (312.6), κ Delphini (312.7), SVALOCIN = α Delphini, υ Capricorni, υ Pavonis (312.8)
Jan 24 25 26 27 (392)
NOV 21 22 23 24 (328)

70

110

Ba9-5 (345 = 300 + 45)

Ca5-20 (125)

Ba9-5 (135 ← 527 → 364)
ki te mea ke hakapekaga mai ki te mea ke

δ Persei (54.7)

Bright Fire (125.4)

*125.4 - *41.4 = *84.0

ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9)

May 14 (134 = *419)

July 24 (205 = *490)

Nov 12 (316 = *236 = *601 - *365)

"April 3 (93, *13 = *378)

"June 13 (164, *84 = *449)

"Oct 2 (275 = *195 = *560 - *365)

MARCH 11 (70, *355)

MAY 21 (141, *61 = *426)

SEPT 9 (252, *172 = *537 - *365)

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