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5. Once again it is the glyphs rather than the numbers which give us more to think about. We should, e.g., notice the similarity between *Sb6-25 and Pa6-47:

*Sb6-20 *Sb6-21 *Sb6-22 *Sb6-23
*Sb6-24 *Sb6-25 *Sb6-26
Pa6-45 (360) Pa6-46 Pa6-47 Pa6-48 (363)

In Hb9-53 (Saturday both according to the calendar of the week and according to its ordinal number in the line) there is another such sign, although somewhat different and with 2 fishes:

Hb9-51 Hb9-52 Hb9-53 Hb9-54 Hb9-55
Hb9-56 Hb9-57 Hb9-58

Possibly these double fishes are to be read out as Ikaika ('fishfish' = brilliant), because on Hawaiii this was one of the names for Jupiter, and in later times the Polynesians had a hard time distinguishing between Jupiter and Saturn:

Ika

1. Fish. 2. In some cases, animal in general: īka ariga koreha, animal with the face of a koreva fish (name given to horses when they arrived on the island, because of the resemblance of their heads with that of a koreva). 3. Victim (wounded or killed), enemy who must be killed, person cursed by a timo and destined to die; īka reirei, vanquished enemy, who is kicked (rei). 4. Corpse of man fallen in war.

1. Fish, animal; ika rere, flying fish; ivi ika, fishbone; mata ika, pearl. P Pau., Mgv., Mq.: ika, fish. Ta.: ia, id. 2. Prey, victim, sacrifice; ika ke avai mo, abuse; hakarere ki te ika, to avenge. T Mgv.: ikaiara, to quarrel; ikatamamea, to be angry because another has handled one's property. Mq.: ika, enemy, what causes horror. Ma.: ika, the first person killed in a fight. Mangaia: ika, a victim for sacrifice. Matamata ika, snow. Ikahi, to fish with a line, to angle. Mq.: ikahi, id. Ikakato, to go fishing. Ikakohau, to fish with a line, to angle. Ikapotu, cape, end of a voyage, destination; ikapotu hakarere, to abut, to adjoin; topa te ikapotu, id.; tehe oho te ikapotu, id.; mei nei tehe i oho mai ai inei te ikapotu, as far as, to. Ikapuhi, to fish with a torch. Mq.: ikapuhi, id.

Which we now ought to be in a position to understand because 16 * 29.5 = 472 - i.e. the end of the Moon cycle (or the end of the Sun cycle if we divide half of 472 by 2, reaching 12 * 29.5 = 354) - although number 16 should represent Jupiter and not Saturn. Saturn is at the end, but so is Jupiter.

The following are some of the names for Jupiter according to Makemson:

Hawaiian Islands

Society Islands

Tuamotus

Ikaika (brilliant). Ikiiki (a goddess, a Hawaiian month name and therefore probably a fixed star rather than a planet)

Kaawela or Kawela ('Burning'). Homanalonalo. Iao ('Of-the-dawn', Jupiter as morning star)

Ta'urua-of-the-confusion-in-the-sky-with-Hawaii-in-the-rear.

Ta'urua-who-struck-the-zenith-of-the-sky

Ta'urua-who-rises-in-the-path-of-the-rainbow

Poro-hutu ('Round Hutu' - the name of a tree. The planet was described as 'distinctly yellow in color and slow in movement')
New Zealand Marquesas Pukapuka

Kopu-nui ('Great-paunch'; also given to Saturn. Apparently Jupiter and Saturn were often confused.

The attendants of the royal temple at Tahiti were known as (k)opu-nui, indicating that the word had a sacred significance.)

Rangawhenua (see Mars)

 Hua ('Fruit' or 'Egg'; also universally the name for the full Moon.)

Tapao ('Hammer' or 'Mallet'; as a morning star)

Tokiva ('Axe-of-space'; when overhead)

Tu-la-lupe ('Day-folded-together'; as evening star)