2. The form of tapa mea glyphs is variable. In Tahua they often look like a canoe seen from above (or from below), but also other shapes are present, e.g. in Q:

Aa1-23	Qa5-50

Qa5-50 looks like a canoe seen from the side. If sun is imagined as travelling across the sky in a canoe, then these examples could depict his canoe.

Tao in Aa1-45 (the 'midnight' canoe) agrees very well with tapa mea in Aa1-23 - only the 'feathers' are missing:

Aa1-37	Aa1-38	Aa1-39	Aa1-40	Aa1-41
Aa1-42	Aa1-43	Aa1-44	Aa1-45
Aa1-46	Aa1-47	Aa1-48

During the night there are no 'feathers' (sun beams) - the 12 glyphs constitute the 'calendar of the night' in Tahua. Feathers symbolize fire, the stuff sun is made of.