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rima aueue The expression rima aueue is not easy to translate, and Metoro often said something else (e.g. kava - which however has been chosen as label for another type of glyph).

Indeed, it is only when he was reading the so-called moon calendar of Mamari that Metoro used the expression rima aueue a few times. Once, however, he said rima kaueue, which gives us a hint - Marquesan kaueue means 'to shake' (which in other Polynesian dialects is ueue).

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A few preliminary remarks and imaginations:

1. The 'flow' towards right from henua in Aa4-36--37 exemplifies that rima aueue glyphs do not necessarily have 'sharp knees':

Aa4-36 Aa4-37

When classifying glyphs in different fundamental types I decided to use as a prototype for rima aueue a glyph with a 'sharp knee' because I wanted to show similarities with first of all viri, kava, and haati:

viri kava rima aueue haati

Here, when we will discuss the meaning of rima aueue, I propose that the knee often found in rima aueue glyphs probably is a sign added to the primary glyph type, which has undulations but no 'sharp knee'.

Rima aueue glyphs come in two main types, those with and those without a 'knee'. That these two main types probably are related can be inferred by examining e.g. Pb7-58--61:

Pb7-58 Pb7-59 Pb7-60 Pb7-61