Vai is explicitly mentioned only twice (redmarked):
1 |
nga kope ririva tutuu
vai
a te taanga |
2 |
te
pu mahore a hau maka o hiva |
3 |
te poki uri a hau maka
i hiva |
4 |
te manavai
a hau
maka o hiva |
5 |
te kioe uri a hau maka o hiva |
6 |
te piringa aniva a hau maka o hiva |
7 |
te pei a hau maka o hiva |
8 |
te pou a hau maka o hiva |
9 |
hua reva a hau maka o hiva |
10 |
akahanga a hau maka o hiva |
11 |
hatinga te kohe a hau maka o hiva |
12 |
roto iri are a hau maka o hiva |
13 |
tama he ika kino he ihu roroa |
14 |
one tea a hau maka o hiva |
15 |
hanga takaure a hau maka o hiva |
16 |
poike a hau maka o hiva |
17 |
pua katiki a hau maka o hiva |
18 |
maunga teatea a hau maka o hiva |
19 |
mahatua a hau maka o hiva |
20 |
taharoa a hau maka o hiva |
21 |
hanga hoonu a hau maka o hiva |
22 |
rangi meamea a hau maka o hiva |
23 |
peke tau o hiti a hau maka o hiva |
24 |
mauga hau epa a hau maka o hiva |
25 |
oromanga a hau maka o hiva |
26 |
hanga moria one a hau maka o hiva |
27 |
papa o pea a hau maka a hiva |
28 |
ahu akapu a hau maka a hiva |
29 |
te pito o te kainga a hau maka o hiva |
The sacred geography of Easter Island seems to locate
the end of the previous month (maybe named Te Taanga)
out in the 'water' preceding the land proper.
However, the last 4 specified locations (25-28) could belong to the
beginning of next month if the structure is similar
to that in the Hawaiian Moon calendar (with Kane, Lono,
Mauli, and Muku as number 26-29). If we increase the ordinal number of the kuhane
stations by 1 - which I have done when imagining Te Pei as
station number 8 - then the numbers of these 4 kuhane
stations will agree with those at the end of the Hawaiian calendar.
The assumed previous month (Te Taanga) perhaps
instead should be regarded as the previous doublemonth, in which
case there is no collision between these 4 stations and 3 islets at
the beginning.
Hupee possibly belongs in day 28 in the Hawaiian calendar:
28 |
Mauli |
'A sea that gathers up and returns the sand to its
place' is the meaning of this single word. |
Mauri (Mauli) ends in -ri as in etoru kiori
at haś ke in Ca6-7--9, and maybe it is a technical term
indicating 'final':
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Ca6-7 |
Ca6-8 |
Ca6-9 (149) |
etoru kiori |
Ririva can then be regarded as
double ri together with va as in vai.
Ahu Akapu is the burial place of
the sun king, where his earthly remains are returned.
At vaero this was suggested by the glyphs and by
the words of Metoro at Aa2-24 (ko te tuu o te
toga):
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Aa2-21 |
Aa2-22 |
Aa2-23 |
Aa2-24 (114) |
26 Oromanga |
27 Hanga Moria One |
28 Papa O Pea |
29 Ahu Akapu |
Here I had increased the ordinal
numbers of the kuhane stations with 1. 29
is a better number then 28 for a burial place:
29 |
Muku |
... a
day of low tide, when the sea
gathers up and returns the sand to its place, a day of
diving for sea-urchins, small and large, for gathering
sea-weed, for line-fishing by children, squid-catching,
uluulu fishing, pulu fishing and so forth.
Such is the activity of this day. |
Maybe we should count Ririva
as 2 for being in the 2nd part of the previous
'year'.
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