4. At Aa6-65 Metoro said ko te vai hopu o te moa and if this 'sweet water' - for Sun ('moa') to dive into (hopu) - corresponds to where 'ebb' changes into 'flood', then the hupee season could be where the great 'moa' is 'crawling back onto land again':
Maitaki in Aa6-68 could be meant to refer to day 408 (because 6 * 68 = 408). However, it could at least as well be referring to day 408 / 2 = 204. For the season of ua evidently lies in front:
Maybe, for instance, the day of hupee lies in the Kulu night of the Hawaiian calendar, when the sea is replacing the sand of the beach:
Everyone loves the return of Spring Sun. Number 11 says the 'child' ('one more') is on his way. As a hypthesis I therefore propose that hupee refers to the change from the old year to the newborn year. The Hawaiian Hilo night refers to the night of new Moon, which for a calendar of the year should be located around high summer, after a hot season which induces people to dive into the ocean. The chilly mucus (hupee) instead should be due to the effects of cold weather:
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