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In the table below I have erased all asterisks (*) in order to save space. I have also divided the lines with 8 glyphs (Ya2 and Yb2) into two halves with 4 glyphs in each - without any intention of suggesting anything as to the meaning or the structure. I have done it only in order to facilitate the reading:

Ya1
Ya1-1 Ya1-2 Ya1-3 Ya1-4 Ya1-5 Ya1-6
Ya2
Ya2-1 Ya2-2 Ya2-3 Ya2-4
Ya2-5 Ya2-6 Ya2-7 Ya2-8
Ya3
Ya3-1 Ya3-2 Ya3-3 Ya3-4 Ya3-5 Ya3-6 Ya3-7
Yb1
Yb1-1 Yb1-2 Yb1-3 Yb1-4 Yb1-5 Yb1-6 Yb1-7
Yb2
Yb2-1 Yb2-2 Yb2-3 Yb2-4
Yb2-5 Yb2-6 Yb2-7 Yb2-8
Yb3
Yb3-1 Yb3-2 Yb3-3 Yb3-4 Yb3-5 Yb3-6

Then attention should be given to the two manu kake glyphs (Ya3-5 and Yb3-1). Such were used in order to show structure. Quickly it is discovered that there are 18 glyphs before the fish type of manu kake and 18 more to the bird manu kake:

18 15 3
Ya3-5 Ya3-6 Ya3-7 Yb3-1 Yb3-2 Yb3-3
36 6
42

This evidence supports my statement that there are no glyphs missing in the text.

Furthermore, if these 42 glyphs describe a calendar for the year, then the short neck of the bird manu kake should indicate a 'low sky roof', meaning midwinter, and the longer neck of the fish manu kake high summer. If my conclusion is correct, then vaha kai in Yb3-2 could very well be where the new year is being born - the following Yb3-3 is a glyph of the pito type, and pito means navel (etc).