With the discovery of Aa2-31 as probably illustrating the time when sky and earth lay close together letting no 'children of light' come in between them, an allusion to day 231 (the first day on the 'back side' of the year according to the G text) seems unavoídable:
We can guess that the empty hands of hanau in Ga8-24 (where 8 * 24 = 192) illustrates how Spring Sun has no more 'fire':
Hanau in Gb1-2 has no head, but the 2 arms held high could illustrate a potential for future 'fire'. The open hands of hanau in Ga1-14 should similarly (together with hanau in Ga1-12) indicate that the 2nd part of the year is 'empty'. It is their left hands (seen at right from our point of view) which are empty. Thumbs in front of left hands tell us that it is the back sides of the hands we are looking at:
The left hand of hanau in Ga8-24 has its inside towards us, proving it is empty, but the sign is reversed (cfr the rima glyph type). The meaning should therefore be 'not empty'. In A we can identify the kai sign 'hair' at the back of the heads in Aa2-44 and Aa2-46 as another way to illustrate how the 2nd part of the year no longer delivers any 'light'. Ariki in Ga1-13 is drawn strongly and (together with another similar ariki glyph in Ga1-5) it has 3 feathers in front. It is time for the 2nd part of the year to leave and the figure in the oval of Ga1-16 presumably indicates that the 'spirit' (manu rere) of winter is going away. At Aa2-46 Metoro said koia kua mau - i te kaiga, which I think means that this variant of henua represents next season, viz, spring (the season of growth, which I henceforth will call Te Kaiga in contrast to autumn, Te Nuku). Ariki in Ga1-5 will then explain that the strange vai glyph Aa2-37 ('one more' than 236) should refer to the coming Kaiga season. The proper vai sign is on its way to form. The peculiar black rectangle in the center could represent land rising above the water:
The similarity in structure between A and G makes it possible to suggest a similarity in meaning between our target glyph and ariki in Ga1-13:
Mata at left in Ga1-5 has disappeared in Ga1-13. In Aa2-45 mata is at top left, sheltered by the long curved arm of the 2nd part of the year. The vaero sign must refer to the coming Kaiga season. The arm of the 1st part of the year is descending, but it ends with a bifurcated tail. The tail is slightly open in front and it is not a fully open gap as in vaha mea in Ga1-4. Spring light is still only beginning to show itself and vaero in Aa2-45 appears to be a better choice of sign. |
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