1. Shoot (of plant), tama miro, tree shoot; tama tôa, shoot of sugarcane. 2. Poles, sticks, rods of a frame. 3. Sun rays. 4. Group of people travelling in formation. 5. To listen attentively (with ear, tariga, as subject, e.g. he tama te tariga); e-tama rivariva tokorua tariga ki taaku kî, listen carefully to my words. Tamahahine, female. Tamahine (= tamahahine), female, when speaking of chickens: moa tamahine, hen. Tamâroa, male. Vanaga.

1. Child. P Pau.: tama riki, child. Mgv.: tama, son, daughter, applied at any age. Mq.: tama, son, child, young of animals. Ta.: tama, child. Tamaahine (tama 1 - ahine), daughter, female. Tamaiti, child P Mq.: temeiti, temeii, young person. Ta.: tamaiti, child. Tamaroa, boy, male. P Mgv.: tamaroa, boy, man, male. Mq.: tamaóa, boy. Ta.: tamaroa, id. 2. To align. Churchill.

In the Polynesian this [tama na, father in the Efaté language] is distinguished from táma child by the accent tamā or by the addition of a final syllable which automatically secures the same incidence of the accent, tamái, tamana ... Churchill 2

JANUARY 19 (384)	20	*21 (306)**	22
"NOVEMBER 20	21 (324 = 385 - 61)	*22 (245)**	23

Gb7-1	Gb7-2 (183)	Gb7-3	Gb7-4 (414)

Gb3-14	Gb3-15 (305)	Gb3-16	Gb3-17 (78)
σ Andromedae (3.0), ι Ceti (3.3), ζ Tucanae (3.5), ρ Andromedae, π Tucanae (3.7)	no star listed (4)	ANKAA = α Phoenicis, κ Phoenicis (5.0) ~~ALPHARD (α Hydrae)~~	λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4)
*March 24 (3)**	25 (84)	*26 (370)**	27 (451)
*°March 20 (364)**	0h	22 (81)	23
'February 25	26 (57)	*27 (343)**	28 (424)
"February 11	12 (43)	*13 (329)**	All Hearts' Day
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JULY 21	*22 / 7 (123)**	23	24 (205)
*"MAY 21 (61)**	22	23	24 (144)
CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi (186.3)	INTROMETIDA = ε Crucis (187.4), ACRUX = α Crucis (187.5)	γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), ALGORAB = δ Corvi (188.5), GACRUX = γ Crucis (188.7)	γ Muscae (189.0), AVIS SATYRA = η Corvi (189.3), ASTERION = β Canum Ven. (189.5), KRAZ = β Corvi, κ Draconis (189.7)
*September 23 (186)**	24	25 (268)	26
°September 19	*20 (183)**	21 (264)	EQUINOX
'August 27	28 (240)	29	*30 (162)**
"August 13	14 (226)	15 (3.14)	*16 (148)**

Ga5-12	Ga5-13 (123)	Ga5-14	Ga5-15

As to the 15 dates given for the Explorers we should note that it is possible to assign all of them to the first 7 glyph lines on side a of the G tablet.

Ga1	Vaitu Nui 25
Ga2	Maro 1, *Maro 10*
Ga3	Maro 15, Maro 25, Anakena 5
Ga4	Anakena 10, Anakena 18, Anakena 23
Ga5	Hora Iti 20, Hora Iti 26, Hora Iti 29
Ga6	Hora Nui 1
Ga7	Tangaroa Uri 15, Tangaroa Uri 25

For Hotu A Matua were given 4 dates, viz. Hora Nui 2 (when he left his old homeland), Tangaroa Uri 15 (when he reached Easter Island), Tangaroa Uri 30 (when he asked for the statue of Ota Uta), and Ruti 5 - when the neck of this broken stone statue was brought to Hotu:

... On February 9 the Chorti Ah K'in, 'diviners', begin the agricultural year. Both the 260-day cycle and the solar year are used in setting dates for religious and agricultural ceremonies, especially when those rituals fall at the same time in both calendars. The ceremony begins when the diviners go to a sacred spring where they choose five stones with the proper shape and color. These stones will mark the five positions of the sacred cosmogram created by the ritual. When the stones are brought back to the ceremonial house, two diviners start the ritual by placing the stones on a table in a careful pattern that reproduces the schematic of the universe. At the same time, helpers under the table replace last year's diagram with the new one. They believe that by placing the cosmic diagram under the base of God at the center of the world they demonstrate that God dominates the universe. The priests place the stones in a very particular order. First the stone that corresponds to the sun in the eastern, sunrise position of summer solstice is set down; then the stone corresponding to the western, sunset position of the same solstice. This is followed by stones representing the western, sunset position of the winter solstice, then its eastern, sunrise position. Together these four stones form a square. They sit at the four corners of the square just as we saw in the Creation story from the Classic period and in the Popol Vuh. Finally, the center stone is placed to form the ancient five-point sign modern researchers called the quincunx ...

*OCTOBER 7 (200)**	8	9	10 (283)
"AUGUST 7	*8 (140)**	9	10 (222 = 283 - 61)

Ga7-31 (200)	Ga7-32	Ga7-33	Ga7-34
LESATH = ν Scorpii, δ Arae (264.7), CHOO = α Arae (264.9)	*Al Shaula-17* ALWAID = β Draconis, MAASYM = λ Herculis (265.1), SHAULA = λ Scorpii (265.3), KUMA = ν Draconis (265.6), σ Arae (265.9) ~~HAMAL (α ARIETIS)~~	RAS ALHAGUE = α Ophiuchi (266.1), SARGAS = θ Scorpii (266.3), μ Ophiuchi, π Arae (266.5), NAN HAE (Southern Sea) = ξ Serpentis (266.6), ι Herculis (266.7)	λ Arae (267.1), GIRTAB = κ Scorpii, ο Serpentis (267.6), AL DHĪLI (Male Hyena) = ω Draconis (266.7), DSIBAN = ψ Draconis (267.9)
*December 10 (264)**	11 (345)	12	13
*°December 6 (260)**	7 (341)	8	9
*'November 13 (237)**	14	15	16 (320)
Tangaroa Uri 30	*"October 31 (224)**	"November 1 (305)	2
NAKSHATRA DATES:
*APRIL 8 (383)**	*9 (19)**	10 (100)	11 (466)
"FEBRUARY 6	7 (403)	*8 (324)**	9 (40 = 101 - 61)
KHUFU	KHAFRE	MENKAURE	ο Aurigae (85.8), γ Leporis (85.9) ~~YANG MUN (α Lupi)~~
MINTAKA = δ Orionis, υ Orionis (82.4), χ Aurigae (82.5), ε Columbae (82.6)	Al Hak'ah-3 / Mrigashīrsha-5 / Turtle-20 / Mas-tab-ba-tur-tur (Little Twins) ARNEB = α Leporis, Crab Nebula = M1 Tauri (83.0, φ¹ Orionis (83.1), HEKA = λ Orionis, Orion Nebula = M42 (83.2), φ² Orionis (83.6), ALNILAM = ε Orionis (83.7)	*Three Sta*rs-21 / Shur-narkabti-sha-shūtū-6 (Star in the Bull towards the south) / ANA-IVA-9 (Pillar of exit) HEAVENLY GATE = ζ Tauri, ν Columbae (84.0), ω Orionis (84.2), ALNITAK = ζ Orionis, PHAKT (Phaet) = α Columbae (84.7)
June 11	12	*13 (84)**	14 (165)
°June 7	8	*9 (80)**	10 (161)
*'May 15 (420)**	16 (136)	17	*18 (58)**
"May 1	2	*3 (43)**	4 (124)

Ga1-18	Ga1-19	Ga1-20	Ga1-21

... Menkaure was allegedly a much more benevolent Pharaoh than his predecessors. According to legends related by Herodotus, he wrote the following:

This Prince (Mycerinus) disapproved of the conduct of his father, reopened the temples and allowed the people, who were ground down to the lowest point of misery, to return to their occupations and to resume the practice of sacrifice. His justice in the decision of causes was beyond that of all the former kings. The Egyptians praise him in this respect more highly than any other monarchs, declaring that he not only gave his judgements with fairness, but also, when anyone was dissatisfied with his sentence, made compensation to him out of his own purse and thus pacified his anger.

The Gods however ordained that Egypt should suffer tyrannical rulers for a hundred and fifty years according to this legend. Herodotus goes on:

An oracle reached him from the town of Buto, which said 'six years only shalt thou live upon this earth, and in the seventh thou shalt end thy days'. Mycerinus, indignant, sent an angry message to the oracle, reproaching the god with his injustice - 'My father and uncle,' he said 'though they shut up the temples, took no thought of the gods and destroyed multitudes of men, nevertheless enjoyed a long life; I, who am pious, am to die soon!' There came in reply a second message from the oracle - 'for this very reason is thy life brought so quickly to a close - thou hast not done as it behoved thee. Egypt was fated to suffer affliction one hundred and fifty years - the two kings who preceded thee upon the throne understood this - thou hast not understood it'. Mycerinus, when this answer reached him, perceiving that his doom was fixed, had lamps prepared, which he lighted every day at eventime, and feasted and enjoyed himself unceasingly both day and night, moving about in the marsh-country and the woods, and visiting all the places he heard were agreeable sojourns. His wish was to prove the oracle false, by turning night into days and so living twelve years in the space of six ...

OCTOBER 11	12	13	*14 (207)**	15 (288)
"AUGUST 11	12	*13 (145)**	14	15 (227)

Ga8-1	Ga8-2	Ga8-3	Ga8-4	Ga8-5 (208)
KELB ALRAI = β Ophiuchi, μ Arae (268.1), KEW HO (Nine Rivers) = μ Herculis (268.6), η Pavonis (268.7), APOLLYON = ι Scorpii (268.9)	MULIPHEN = γ Ophiuchi (269.0), BASANISMUS = G Scorpii (269.5), PHERKARD = δ Ursae Minoris (269.9)	PTOLEMY CLUSTER = M7 Scorpii (270.5), GRUMIUM = ξ Draconis (270.9)	RUKBALGETHI GENUBI = θ Herculis (271.1), ξ Herculis (271.5), ETAMIN =γ Draconis, ν Herculis (271.7), ν Ophiuchi (271.8)	CAT'S EYE = NGC6543 Draconis (272.2), ζ Serpentis (272.4), τ Ophiuchi (272.9)
*December 14 (268)**	15	16 (350)	17	18
*°December 10 (264)**	11 (345)	12	13	14
*'November 17 (241)**	18	19	20 (324)	21
"November 3	4	*Ruti 5 (229)**	6 (310)	7
NAKSHATRA DATES:
APRIL 12	13 (468)	4-14 (104)	*15 (390)**	*16 (26)**
"FEBRUARY 10	11	12 (408)	*13 (329)**	2-14 (45)
μ Columbae, SAIPH = κ Orionis (86.5), τ Aurigae, ζ Leporis (86.6)	υ Aurigae (87.1), ν Aurigae (87.2), WEZN (Weight) = β Columbae, δ Leporis (87.7), TZE (Son) = λ Columbae (87.9)	Ardra-6 / ANA-VARU-8 (Pillar to sit by) χ¹ Orionis, ξ Aurigae (88.1), BETELGEUZE = α Orionis (88.3), ξ Columbae (88.5), σ Columbae (88.7) ~~ZUBEN ELGENUBI (α Librae)~~	η Leporis (89.0), PRAJA-PĀTI (Lord of Created Beings) = δ Aurigae, MENKALINAN = β Aurigae, MAHASHIM = θ Aurigae, and γ COLUMBAE (89.3), π Aurigae (89.4), η Columbae (89.7)	μ Orionis (90.3), χ² Orionis (90.5)
June 15	16	17 (168)	18	*19 (90)**
°June 11	12	13 (164)	14	*15 (86)**
*'May 19 (59)**	20	21 (141)	22	*23 (63)**
"May 5	6	7 (127)	8	9 (49)

Ga1-22	Ga1-23	Ga1-24	Ga1-25	Ga1-26

When Hotu A Matua left his old homeland it was in day 245 (Hora Nui 2), and from there to Ruti 5 (309) there were 64 days, suggesting that he could have lived for 300 days in his old homeland and spent the rest of his 364 days out at Sea and on Easter Island.