... Brown associates it with Aloros, the first of the ten mythical kings of Akkad anterior to the Deluge, the duration of whose reigns proportionately coincided with the distances apart of the ten chief ecliptic stars beginning with Hamal, and he deduces from this kingly title the Assyrian Ailuv, and hence the Hebrew Ayil; the other stars corresponding to the other mythical kings being Alcyone, Aldebaran, Pollux, Regulus, Spica, Antares, Algenib, Deneb Algedi, and Scheat ...

*ko oto uta*	*ariki motongi*	1
*ko tangaroa.a oto uta*	*ariki motongi*	2
*ko tiki hati.a tangaroa*	*ariki motongi*	3
*ko roroi.a tiki hati*	*ariki motongi*	4
*ko tuu kumā.a roroi*	*ariki motongi*	5
*ko ataranga.a tuu kumā*	*ariki motongi*	6
*ko harai.a ataranga*	*ariki motongi*	7
*ko taana.a harai*	*ariki motongi*	8
*ko matua.a taana*	*ariki motongi*	9
*ko hotu.a matua*	*ariki motongi*	10
O maori te ariki nei. etahi te angahuru. ko maori. te ingoa o te kainga. ko marae renga te ingoa. o te maara noho o te ariki.nui.ko ma rae tohia te rua maara noho o te ariki.

Uta

Higher up (from the coast, or from another place); i uta era, further up, up there. Vanaga.

1. Inland, landward; paepae ki uta, to strand, to run aground; mouku uta, herbage. 2. To carry; uta mai, to import; hakauta, to give passage. Campbell.

rose with the Sun in April 20 (*30), but in Roman times Hamal would have risen 27 days earlier, viz. in 'March 24 (*3) - because at that time Sheratan (The First Point of Aries) would have been at 0h:

FEBRUARY 12 (408)	*13 (329)**	2-14	15 (46)
MARCH 25 (84)	26	27	*28 (372)**

*Ca14-26	(26 + 364)	*Ca14-28	*Ca14-29 (392)
manu kake rua	te henua	te honu	te rima
*April 14 (104)*	15	**16 (29 - 3 + 80)***	*17 (107)*
0h (80)	'March 22	23	*24 (3)**
*SHERATAN (27)**	28 211	*ALRISHA (29) THUBAN**	*HAMAL (30)**

392 (*Ca14-29) - 27 = 365 and the Hamal year should therefore have begun with glyph number 27:

FEBRUARY 15 (46)	346	JANUARY 28 (393)	61	MARCH 31 (28 + 62)	APRIL 1 (91)	13	APRIL 15 (105)
MARCH 28 (87)		MARCH 11 (69)		MAY 11 (90 + 41)	12 (132)		MAY 26 (146)

Ca2-1 (27 = 87 - 60)		*Ca14-11 (374)		Cb2-20 (436)	Cb2-21		Cb3-10 (451)
Te heke		te heke		ka tuu te toga o te manu	kua tapu - no te manukua tapu - no te manu		te taketake
*April 17 (27 + 80)**		*March 30* (89)		*May 31 (151)*	*June 1 (152)*		*15 (166)*
*HAMAL (30) MENKENT (213)*		377 = 12 + 365 *COR CAROLI (195)**		*HAEDUS I (74)** *257	*HAEDUS II (75)**		*PRAJA-PĀTI, MENKALINAN, MAHASHIM (89)** *272
October 17 (290)		September 29 (272)		November 30 (334)	*December 1 (75 + 260)*		*December 15 (349)*
AUGUST 27 (229)		JULY 30 (211)		SEPTEMBER 30 (273)	OCTOBER 1 (274)		OCTOBER 15 (288)
SEPT 27 (270)		SEPT 9 (252)		NOV 10 (314, π)	NOV 11 (315)		NOV 25 (329)

The time when Achernar rose with the Sun at 0h was 4 precessonal days later than the time of Julius Caesar. Therefore the stars were 4 steps less ahead in the year compared to the time when Hamal had been at 0h:


Ca1-19	Ca1-20
te maitaki - te kihikihi	hakaraoa - te henua
22 HEZE*	*ACHERNAR (23)** *206

FEBRUARY 9	10	11	12 (408)	*13 (329)**	14 (45)
MARCH 22	23	24	25 (84)	*26 (370)**	27

Ca1-21	Ca1-22	Ca1-23	Ca1-24	Ca1-25	Ca1-26
tagata huki	manu rere	-	-	kiore ki te huaga	kua moe ki te tai.
24 207		*POLARIS (26)**	*SHERATAN (27)**	28 211	*ALRISHA (29) THUBAN**

Metoro frequently used huki as a kind of technical term. We can compare with Cb3-1 at heliacal Elnath, *80 - *24 = 8 weeks later:

APRIL 6 (461)	*7 (17)**
MAY 17 (137)	*18 (58)**

Cb3-1 (50)	Cb3-2 (443)
E vae ra - ka oho - ki te henua - kua huki	ku kikiu - te henua
*June 6 (157)*	**7 (81 - 3 + 80)***
*ELNATH (80)**	81 264
*December 6 (340)*	**7 (264 - 3 + 80)***
*OCTOBER 6 (199)**	7 (280)
NOVEMBER 16 (320)	*17 (241)**

... Huki á te mahina, said of the new moon when both its horns have become visible ...