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The 2nd sequence has only 3 glyphs:

Murzim 9 (88) 10 11
August 12 13 (225) 14
Ca6-4 Ca6-5 (145) Ca6-6
kua hau te haś o to hau tea kua hipu koia etoru hipu te henua ma te rima

Murzim 9 is the 88th day in the Arabic manzil calendar. The synodic cycle of Mercury is 88 days, and in the Babylonian calendar view the sign of Mercury is between Frond and Furrow, not very far ahead from the sign of Jupiter. Below the Mercury sign is the Abyss.

And there is only one new word for us, viz. te haś. The diacritic mark ought to show us this word is not the same as hau in hau tea:

Hau

Hau = Thread, line, string, ribbon; this is the name of the fibres of the hauhau tree formerly used to make twine, cloth, etc.; hau kahi, fishing line for tuna; hau here, line for eel trap; hau moroki, strong, tough line, thread; hau paka, fibres of the hauhau tree, which were first soaked in water, then dried to produce a strong thread. Ha'u = Hat. Vanaga.

Hat, cord; the tree Triumfetta semitriloba. Van Tilburg. Ta.: The tree Hibiscus tiliaceus. Henry.

Hau. 1 a. Hibiscus. b. Wick. P Pau.: fau, hibiscus. Mgv.: hau, id. Mq.: fau, hau, id. Ta.: fau, id. 2. To contribute. Ta.: aufau, to pay, to contribute, to subscribe. 3. Hat, cap, helmet; hakarere ki te hau, to take off the hat. Ta.: fauurumaa, war bonnet. 4. Dew; hakaritorito ki te hau, to bleach in the dew. P Mgv., Mq.,Ta.: hau, dew. 5. To blow freshly, coolness, zephyr, salubrious, breeze, wind (hahau, ahau); kona hauhau, kona hahau, a breezy spot; ahau ora, agreeable breeze; hakahahau, to hang out in the air; hakaahau, to blow. T Mgv.: hau, to blow, blusterous, to breathe. Haua, hoarse. (Hauha); araha hauha, to wait for, to look forward to. Hauhau, 1. dog (onomatopoetic). 2 a. To scratch, to scrape, to rub. b. Wood used in plowing fire. 3. (hau 5). Haumaru (hau 5 - marumaru) cool, cold. Hauł, to replace. Hauva, twin, cut T. Hauvaero (hau 3 - vaero) plume, aigrette, head ornament. Hauvarikapau (hau 3 - varikapau) plume, aigrette, head ornament. Churchill.

Pau.: Hau, superior, kingdom, to rule. Mgv.: hau, respect. Ta.: hau, government. Mq.: hau, id. Sa.: sauā, despotic. Ma.: hau, superior. Hauhau, to attack. Ma.: hau, to chop. Churchill.

Sa.: fau, to tie together, to fasten by tying, the tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus) whose bast is used for cord, the kava strainer made therefrom, strings in various uses; fafau, to lash on, to fasten with sennit; faufau, to fasten on, to tie together. To.: fau, to fasten up the hair, the name of the hibiscus, the kava strainer made therefrom; faufau, to fasten the outriggers of small canoes; hau, to fasten to; fehauaki, to tie. Fu.: fau, the hibiscus, the kava strainer; fał, fafał, fałfał, to attach, to tie. Niuē: fau, fafau, to make by tying. Fotuna: no-fausia, to tie, to fasten. Ta.: fau, the hibiscus; fafau, to tie together. Pau.: fau, the hibiscus. Nuguria: hau, id. Ma.: hau, to bind, to fasten together; whau, a shrub; whauwhau, to tie. Ha.: hau, name of a tree with a practicable bark. Mq.: hau, the hibiscus. Mgv.: hau, id.; hahau, to join or tie with cords. Nukuoro: hau, the hibiscus, a garland. Mg.: au, the hibiscus. Vi.: vau, the hibiscus; vautha, to bind together. Churchill 2.

The basic meaning of hau in my word list - where I normally have omitted diacritic marks, following the lead of Churchill - could be 'fibres'. In the very special Ca6-5 the triplet of 'calabashes' (hipu, children) are tied (hau) together (koia) - kua hipu koia, etoru koia.

The unusual little word to we have met earlier only once so far:

To

1. Particle sometimes used with the article in ancient legends; i uto to te hau, the ribbon was in the float. 2. To rise (of the sun) during the morning hours up to the zenith: he-to te raį. Vanaga.

1. Of. T Pau., Ta.: to, of. Mgv.: to, genitive sign. Mq.: to, of, for. 2. This, which. Churchill.

Mgv.: To, to make a canoe of planks. Mq.: to, to build a canoe. Sa.: to, to build. Churchill.
Al Muahkhar 8 9 10  11 12 13 (350)
April 26 27 28 29 30 (120) May 1
Ca2-10 Ca2-11 Ca2-12 Ca2-13 Ca2-14 Ca2-15
ki te kea tagata oho ki roto o to vai kua noho te kea kua hua te rima tagata oho ki te vai

From April 27 (117) to August 12 (224) there are 107 (= 472 - 365) days.

Perhaps Metoro was referring to the Knot (Ukdah) at the neck of the Hydra:

Gb8-3 Gb8-4 Gb8-5 (*145)
no stars listed
April 26 27 28 (118)
Al Muakhar 8 9 (346) 10
ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7), Alterf, τ² Hydrae (143.4), ξ Leonis (143.5)  A Hydrae (144.1) Ukdah (145.4), κ Hydrae (145.5)
August 11 12 13 (225)
Murzim 8 9 10 (89)
The Knot (Ukdah)

Mangarevan to means to build a canoe of planks. In Gb8-4 we can imagine a canoe connected with a string (hau) to a rising fish. The planks of a canoe had to be sewn together, like the ancient Egyptian Ship of Pharaoh (all 15 + 12 + 15 of them):

There are 107 days' difference between my pair of possible dates in line Gb8, but I have not discovered any such such problem on side a of the G tablet:

Ga3-17 (*140) Ga3-18 Ga3-19
Tureis (139.8)   Al Minhar al Asad (141.6), Alphard (142.3)
August 8 9 10 (222)
Murzim 5 6 (85) 7
Ga3-20 (80) Ga3-21
ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7), Alterf, τ² Hydrae (143.4), ξ Leonis (143.5)  A Hydrae (144.1)
August 11 12
Murzim 8 9
Ga3-22 Ga3-23 (*146) Ga3-24 (84)
Ukdah (145.4),  κ Hydrae (145.5) Subra (145.8), ψ Leonis (146.4) Ras Elaset Australis (146.6)
August 13 (225) 14 15
Murzim 10 11 (90) 12

I have a glyph type named haś:
haś Ga3-22

When Metoro used words which obviously were exceptional, not in parallel with the normal type of glyph, it should draw our attention, because he probably then indicated something regarding the meaning of the glyph in question (not only describing it).