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Support for my suggestion to add 2 manu tara birds in order to reach 5 (the new 'fire' needed at winter solstice) is found at the end on page 71 in Manuscript E:

5	~~*erima takaure manu tara*~~
72)
he manu tara.erua kauatu te huru.i too mai ai
20	*he pi riuriu*	*a Teke. a Oti*
20	*he kava eoeo*	*a Teke. a Oti*
20	*he te verovero*	*a Teke. a Oti*
20	*he ka araara*	*a Teke. a Oti*
20	*he kukuru toua*	*a Teke. a Oti*
20	*he makohe*	*a Teke. a Oti*

Overcrossed are 5 sooty tern 'spirits' (takaure). I think this was intended as a sign to draw the attention of the reader to number 5 and to the non-presence (as yet) of the arrival of 'daylight' (ao).

A Teke. a Oti are not mentioned at manu tara. This is probably another sign to be deciphered, and it could be another way to underline they belong 'in the Underworld' (are 'vowels'):

*kukuru toua*	?	*makohe*	frigate	*kena*	booby	*tavake*	redtailed tropic bird
ascending						descending
*ka araara*	sooty tern					*ruru*	black petrel
*te verovero*	d:o					*taiko*	black petrel
*kava eoeo*	d:o					*kumara*	white tern
*pi riuriu*	d:o					*kiakia*	white tern

manu tara erua

2 sooty terns

tavi

small lead-coloured tern

tuao

dark brown tern

tuvi

gray tern

By presenting them as a pair it is possible to read the Sun cycle either as 360 + 4 or as 365. We can now also perceive 5 as the sum of a pair of tu birds (tuvi followed by tuao) and 3 ta birds.

As to the meaning of a Teke. a Oti a separate page is needed.