A few preliminary remarks and im

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2. The text on the Paris Snuff Box contains clues relating to the meanings of vaha kai, mama, and vai, for instance in the glyph lines which I have labelled Yc1-c3:

...
...	Yc1-101	Yc1-102	Yc1-103	Yc1-104	Yc1-105
					...
Yc1-106	Yc1-107	Yc1-108	Yc1-109	Yc1-110	...
...
...	Yc2-101	Yc2-102	Yc2-103	Yc2-104	Yc2-105
	...
Yc2-106	...	Yc3-101	Yc3-102	Yc3-103	Yc3-104
				...
Yc3-105	Yc3-106	Yc3-107	Yc3-108	...

Evidently the lines Ya1-a3 and Yb1-b3 relate to the same topic as that in Yc1-c3, and from these lines we can add pure and pu as glyph types which should be considered together with vaha kai, vai, and mama:


*vaha kai*		*vai*		*mama*	*pure*	pu