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In Tahua there is an interesting glyph which exhibits both a normal and an inverse ihe tau:

Ab1-29 Ab1-30 Ab1-31 Ab1-32 Ab1-33 Ab1-34
Ab1-35 Ab1-36 Ab1-37 (707) Ab1-38 Ab1-39 Ab1-40

The inverse ihe tau should mean the inverse of death, viz. birth. The 'person' in the middle apparently is giving birth (hanau). But first comes death - life depends on death. In Ab1-38 a rising fish with a poporo sign makes clear that indeed a new being has been born.

Counting glyphs from Aa1-1 we reach 12 * 29.5 * 2 = 708 at Ab1-38. Two glyphs per day perhaps are used in the long Tahua text. Reading Ab1-37--38 together as day number 354 we have a description of what may be the kuhane station Hatinga Te Kohe. From the inside of the broken (hatiga) 'bamboo stem' (kohe) emerges a new season.