The explorers lead by Ira stayed 5 days at Papa O Pea, the 27th station of the kuhane. Beyond the season with 26 'stations' each with 29 glyphs (which ends with the last viri) the 27th 'station' is located. The meaning of peau is 'to sweep all away':
The meaning 'wave', which otherwise would be strange to combine in your mind with sweeping your house, now becomes natural - the old fire is drenched by water. Certainly the name of the 27th station is Papa O Pea - not Papa O Peau - but word plays were appreciated by the Polynesians and other 'primitive' peoples who still knew how to restructure the world around them into a cosmos. |