12. The following important group of 26 glyphs
contains a 'split up' maitaki which will be useful for us
when trying to understanding the meaning of maitaki glyphs in
general:
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Eb5-32 |
Eb5-33 |
Eb5-34 |
Eb5-35 |
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Eb6-1 |
Eb6-2 |
Eb6-3 |
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Eb6-4 |
Eb6-5 |
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Eb6-6 |
Eb6-7 |
Eb6-8 |
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Eb6-9 |
Eb6-10 |
Eb6-11 |
Eb6-12 |
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Eb6-13 |
Eb6-14 |
Eb6-15 |
Eb6-16 |
Eb6-19 is also noteworthy, a special
case of the glyph type kiore (rat) + henua
(earth), the last of 24 such in a series which probably was used in
the text to define the periods of time in a kind of calendar:
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Eb2-14 |
Eb2-20 |
Eb2-24 |
Eb2-27 |
Eb3-6 |
Eb3-19 |
Eb3-25 |
Eb3-28 |
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Eb3-31 |
Eb4-1 |
Eb4-6 |
Eb4-12 |
Eb4-21 |
Eb4-25 |
Eb4-27 |
Eb4-31 |
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Eb5-3 |
Eb5-9 |
Eb5-13 |
Eb5-17 |
Eb5-20 |
Eb5-24 |
Eb5-28 |
Eb6-19 |
Ordinal number 19 suggests Sun, and instead
of a 'rat' (kiore) we can see a 'shark' (mago).
| Kiore
Rat, mouse; kiore hiva,
rabbit. P Pau., Mgv.: kiore, rat, mouse. Mq.:
kioē,
íoé, id. Ta.:
iore, id.
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| Mago
Spotted dogfish, small shark.
Mogo,
shark. P Pau.: mago, id. Mgv. mago,
id. Mq. mano, mako, mono, moko id. T.
maó, id. In addition to this list the word
is found as mago in Samoa, Maori, Niuē,
and in Viti as mego.
It is only in Rapanui and the Marquesas that we
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mago |
Eb6-19 |
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