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6. A toki (adze) is a proper tool for a King (cfr at
Toki):
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Toki
Small
basalt axe. Stone adze. Ha'amoe ra'a toki = 'Put
the adze to sleep' (i.e. hide it in the temple during
the night). Month of the ancient Rapanui
calendar.
To'i.
T. Stone adze (e to'i purepure = with the
wounderful adze).
The
Araukan Indians in the coastal area of northern Chile,
have customs similar to those on the Marquesas and in
both areas toki means adze according to José
Imbelloni. The Araukans also called their chief of war
toki and the ceremonial adze symbolized his
function and was exhibited at the outbreak of war. In
Polynesia Toki was the name of a chief elevated
by the Gods and his sign was the blade of a toki.
Axe,
stone hatchet, stone tool ...; maea toki, hard
slates, black, red, and gray, used for axes T. P Pau.:
toki, to strike, the edge of tools, an iron
hatchet. Mgv.:
toki, an adze. Mq.: toki, axe, hatchet. Ta.:
toi, axe.
(Picture
of toki from
Alpers,
Legends of the South Seas.) |
Instead of
the bit for a non-present horse the Sun King has a single great
'tooth' in the form of a well-formed (ra'a) toki blade.
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Raka
Smooth, level, polished, without
asperities, without roughness; ka raka te aga,
let it be a perfect piece of work, with a smooth shape
and surface. Vanaga.
Holy, Mgv.: raka, to profane,
defiled. Ta.: raa, holy. Ha.: laa, id.
Churchill. |
And after the Rain God had payed a visit down in the earth he seems to
have worked his way out and up, higher and higher, by using his hatchet:
  
The beginning of the ancient month Toki could possibly
have coincided with the rise of Canopus.
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