"... It is known that the Polynesians navigated by the stars. It is therefore not surprising that names of stars are directly and indirectly contained in some of the place names on the list. In two cases, there is direct agreement with the names of stars used by the Easter Islanders: compare he kope riva with name 1. nga kope ririva ... and he pou 'Sirius (alpha Canis Major)' with name 8. te pou (Barthel 1962b:2)

In subsequent names there are similarities to other Polynesian names of stars: compare number 5 to TUA. na kiore; number 6 to TAH. pipiri ma, TUA. piringa-o-tautu; number 8 to MAO. poutu-te-rangi, TUA. pou-a-te-po; number 9 to MAO. karewa or marewa; number 11 to MAO. te kohi, and number 13 to MAO. a-tama-raku or ika-roa (Makemson 1941)." (Barthel 2)