Possibly there were 12 vae days
between 'nighttime' and 'daytime' - like the 'side timbers'
(vae) between the 'hairy side' and the 'front side'.
These 'side timbers' may have been made to
depart (kua oho) in a certain proper order before the
'hairy side' of the year was quite finished, 'asleep' (moe):
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Vae
Va'e: Foot, leg; te va'e
mata'u, te va'e maúi, right foot, left foot.
Va'e ruga, va'e raro, quick and light, without
detour (lit.: foot up, foot down). Ka-oho koe ki
a nua era va'e ruga va'e raro, ina ekó hipa-hipa,
hurry straight to your mother, do not make any
detours. Va'e pau, misshapen foot, clubfoot.
Vae, to choose. Vaega, middle, centre;
i vaega o, in the middle of. Vanaga.
1. Foot, paw, leg, limb; vae no
roto, drawers; karikari vae, ankle. P
Pau.: vaevae, foot, leg. Mgv.: vaevae,
id. Mq.: vae, id. Ta.: vaevae, avae,
id. 2. Pupil. 3. To choose, elect, prefer, promote,
vote; vavae, to destine, to choose; vaea
(vae 2), pupil. Vaeahatu (vae 1
- ahatu): moe vaeahatu, to sleep
sprawling with legs extended. Vaega, center,
middle, within, half; o vaega, younger; ki
vaega, among, between, intermediate. P Pau.:
vaega, the middle. Mgv.: vaega, center,
middle. Mq.: vaena, vavena, vaveha,
id. Ta.: vaehaa, half. Vaehakaroa (vae
1 - roa): moe vaehakaroa, to sleep
with legs stretched out. Vaehau (vae 1
- hau 3), pantaloons, trousers.
Vaeherehere (vae 1 - here 1), to
attach by the paw. Vaerere (vae 1 -
rere 1), to run. Churchill.
Ta.: 1. Timbers of a boat. Ha.:
wae, knees, side timbers of a boat. 2. To share
out. Sa.: vae, to divide, to share. Ma.:
wawae, to divide. Churchill. |
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Oho
1. To go: ka-oho! go! go away!
(i.e. 'goodbye' said by the person staying behind);
ka-oho-mai (very often contracted to:
koho-mai), welcome! (lit.: come here);
ku-oho-á te tagata, the man has gone. Ohoga,
travel, direction of a journey; ohoga-mai,
return. 2. Also rauoho, hair. Vanaga.
1. To delegate; rava oho,
to root. 2. To go, to keep on going, to walk, to
depart, to retire; ka oho, begone, good-bye;
oho amua, to preced; oho mai, to come,
to bring; oho arurua, to sail as consorts;
hakaoho, to send, a messenger. 3. Tehe oho te
ikapotu, to abut, adjoin; mei nei tehe i oho
mai ai inei te ikapotu, as far as, to; kai
oho, to abstain, to forego; hakaoho, to
put on the brakes. 4. The head (only in the
composite rauoho, hair). Churchill. |
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Al
Baldaah 12 |
13 (270) |
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Saad Al
Thabib 1 |
2 (272) |
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February
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
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Ca12-9
(325) |
Ca12-10 |
Ca12-11 |
Ca12-12 |
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oho
te vae |
ki
hukiga o te ra |
kua
oho ra |
kua
ere te tagata - te hetu |
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Yan
(324.6) |
Alphirk
(325.7),
Sadalsud
(325.9) |
Castra
(327.2),
Bunda
(327.5) |
Nashira
(328.0) |
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Saad
Al Thabib 3 |
4 |
5
(275) |
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February 13 (409) |
14
(45) |
15 |
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Ca12-13 (329) |
Ca12-14 |
Ca12-15 |
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oho te vae |
te vai okahia |
te henua |
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Azelfafage,
κ Capricorni (328.7),
Enif (329.2), 46 Capricorni (329.3) |
λ
Capricorni (329.6), Deneb Algiedi (329.8) |
Kuh
(331.4) |
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Saad
Al Thabib 6 |
7
(277) |
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February 16 |
17
(413) |
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Ca12-16 |
Ca12-17 (333) |
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oho te vae |
kua pure ia |
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no
stars listed |
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Saad Al Thabib 8 |
9 |
10 (280) |
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February
18 |
19 (50) |
20 |
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Ca12-18 |
Ca12-19 |
Ca12-20 (336) |
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oho te vae |
koia ra kua haga
hia |
kua moe |
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Kae Uh (334.0) |
22h (334.8) |
no star listed |
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Sadalmelik (334.6),
ι Aquarii (334.7), Alnair (335.1) |
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Moe To
sleep, to lie at full length, to
dream, to brood, to place, to
cohabit; moe atu, to leave
off, to desist; moe atu ra,
to adjourn, to postpone; moe
hakahepo, to talk in the deep;
moe aherepo, somnambulist,
sleepwalker; moe hakataha,
to sleep on the side; moe no,
to oversleep, concubinage; moe
tahae, to be a light sleeper;
moe tahaga, a sleeper;
moe vaeahatu, moe hakaroa,
to sleep sprawling; rava moe,
to sleep sound; ariga moe ki
raro, to lie flat on the
ground; tae moe, bachelor;
hakamoe, to brood, to fold the
wings; to reserve, to lay up; to
struggle. P Pau.: moe, sleep.
Mgv.: moe, sleep, to lie
down, coitus, to shut the eyes. Mq.:
moe, to sleep, to lie down;
haámoe, to set down on the
ground. Ta.: moe, to sleep,
to lie down. Moea raruga,
lying flat. Moeaivi, thin.
Mq.: ivi, haáivi, id.
Ta.: ivi, id. Moega,
mat. Pau.: moehega, bed.
Mgv.: moega, a sleeping mat.
Mq.: moena, moeka,
mat, floor cloth, bed. Ta.: moea,
bed. Moemata, to sleep with
the eyes open; mea moemata,
phantom. Moemoea, a dream,
vision; tikeahaga moemoea,
apparition by night. T Mgv., Mq.,
Ta.: moemoea, dream.
Churchill.
Mgv. Moemoe,
to steal, to purloin at a food
distribution. Mq.: moemoe, to
seize, to grasp. Churchill.
Ta.: 1. Moemoe,
ambush. Ha.: moemoe, id. 2.
Moemoe, Phyllanthus simplex.
To.: mohemohe, a tree.
Churchill.
Mq.: Moehu,
exiled, banished, prisoner of war.
Ma.: morehu, a survivor.
Churchill. |
Probably 22h was the limit,
when in rongorongo times Sadalmelik (α
Aquarii) rose heliacally. The name means the
Lucky One of the King and in the picture
below this One can be contrasted with his
other 3 limbs:
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