7. The following Saturday (Aa8-25) has another type
of fish than the one exhibited in the preceding glyph:
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Aa8-24 |
Aa8-25 |
Aa8-26 |
Aa8-27 |
ka tuu i te
toga |
ka hura ia
- te hura - mau uau |
kua viri |
i to vero
hia |
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Aa8-28 |
Aa8-29 |
Aa8-30 |
Aa8-31 |
e tapamea |
ma te
hokohuki |
ka puhi i
te ahi i te toga nui |
e hua o te
pua |
If the black-and-white tiny fish in
Saturday represents Sun, then the larger fish in Friday
should be Moon. Venus is a female like Moon and Saturn
is hardwired to the following Sun. Furthermore, the
straight down line in Aa8-25 is in contrast to the
softly bending line in Aa8-24, signs of male
respectively female.
Fishing seems to be associated with hura, but
the meaning is not clear:
Hura
1. To fish with a small
funnel-shaped net tied to the end of a pole. This
fishing is done from the shore; fishing with the same
net, but swimming, is called tukutuku. 2. To be
active, to get moving when working: ka hura,
ka aga! come on, get moving! to work! 3. Tagata
gutu hura, a flatterer, a flirt, a
funny person, a witty person. Hurahura, to
dance, to
swing.
1. Sling. In his brilliant study of
the distribution of the sling in the Pacific tracts,
Captain Friederici makes this note (Beiträge zur Völker-
und Sprachenkunde von Deutsch-Neuguinea, page 115b):
'Such, though somewhat modified, is the case in
Rapanui, Easter Island. The testimony of all the
reporters who have had dealings with these people is
unanimous that stones of two to three pounds weight,
frequently sharp chunks of obsidian, were thrown by the
hand; no one mentions the use of slings. Yet Roussel
includes this weapon in his vocabulary and calls it
hura. In my opinion this word can be derived only
from the Mangareva verb kohura, to throw a stone
or a lance. So far as we know Rapanui has
received its population in part by way of Mangareva.' To
this note should be added the citation of kirikiri
ueue as exhibiting this particular use of ueue
in which the general sense is the transitive shake. 2.
Fife, whistle, drum, trumpet, to play; hurahura,
whistle. P Mq.: hurahura, dance, divertissement,
to skip. Ta.: hura, to leap for joy. Pau.:
hura-viru, well disposed. Churchill.
H. Hula, a swelling, a
protuberance under the arm or on the thigh. Churchill 2. |
Metoro's mau uau is equally unclear.
Better can we understand his words at Aa8-30--31:
ka puhi i te ahi i te toga nui - e hua o te pua.
A fire (ahi) is being blown upon (puhi)
in the great darkness (winter), i te toga
nui.
And the 'fruit' (hua)
of the 'flower' (o te pua) could
mean that a new 'fire' is generated from the ginger root.
Pua means ginger:
Pua
Pua.
1. A zingiberacea (plant of which few
specimens are left on the island). 2. Flower:
pua ti, ti flower, pua taro, taro
flower, pua maúku pasture flower; pua
nakonako, a plant which grows on steep slopes
and produce red, edible berries. 3. Pua tariga
(or perhaps pu'a tariga), anciently, hoops
put in earlobes. 4. The nanue fish when young
and tender. Puapua, summit, top, upper part;
te puapua o te maúga, the top of the
mountain; te puapua kupega, the upper part of
a fishing net.
Pu'a.
1. (Modern form of pu'o), to cover up
something or oneself, to put on; ka-pu'a te ha'u,
put on your hat; ka-pu'a-mai te nua,
cover me up with a blanket. 2. To respond to the
song of the first group of singers; to sing the
antistrophe; he-pu'a te tai. 3. To help;
ka-pu'a toou rima ki a Timo ite aga, help
Timothy with the work. 4. Pu'a-hare, to help
a relative in war or in any need; ka-oho,
ka-pu'a-hare korua, ko ga kope, go, give your
relative a hand, lads. 5. To speak out in someone's
favour; e pu'a-mai toou re'o kia au, speak in
my favour, intercede for me. Pu'apu'a, to
hit, to beat.
1. Flower,
ginger, soap; pua mouku, grass. 2. To
grease, to coat with tar, to pitch; pua ei meamea,
to make yellow. Puapua, a piece of cloth.
Mgv.: pua, a flower, turmeric, starchy matter
of the turmeric and hence soap. Mq.: pua, a
flower, soap. Ta.: pua, id. Ma.: puapua,
cloth wrapped about the arm. |
From kava at left a sign which
may be mauga (mountain or darkness) is generated in
front, and behind it are 3 + 3 'feathers':
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