Among the very few instances where Metoro said pau we find the interesting Ca12-24:
Once again the numbers (12-24) 'strike a bell'. Time has run out, and va'e paupau (with an intensifying double pau) could mean 'breathless legs' (legs without any power left in them) or 'curved legs'. If Metoro meant 'curved legs', the 'curve' could be the one at left in Gb5-12, a variant of haga rave. Ca12-24 is surrounded by niu glyphs, indicating a time when renewal is necessary and 'coconuts' must be offered to the gods in order to induce the wished for change:
Ca12-24 is the next but last glyph in a group of 12:
The end of the old year is near. 'Death-is-Near', Koke-na-make, as the Hawaiians would have said in the old days. If the old year was a fish, a rat, or a monkey, we should see his tail. Instead we see his legs, all 6 of them. |