Once again. The
beginning of spring
on Easter Island
maybe was
characterized as a
change from dry
old winter to a soft
rain with fragrance
in the air. As it
happens I the other
day read in the
newspaper comments
from people who had
been asked how they
noticed spring
had arrived. Among
the expected answers
of increasing light
and the return of
birds there was one
which I had not
expected - she could
smell the spring.
Thus all the sense
organs are activated
by the return of
spring.
In
the air, suddenly
filled with noisy
birds and powerfull
scents, it was the
ear and the nose
which were
activated. The
gradually increasing
light would not in a
similar way activate
the eye because
this change was
too slow. Gradual
changes can be
grasped by the
intellect but not by
the senses.
The cave Pu
Pakakina could
represent the last
'station' of winter. The
opposite of paka
is poko:
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Poko
1.
Fragrant;
to
smell,
to
give
off
a
smell:
he-poko
te
eo,
it
gives
off
a
pleasant
smell.
2.
To
hunt,
to
catch
with
a
trap,
to
snare.
He-kî
e
Tori:
maaku-á
e-ea
ki
te
manu,
e-poko
i te
po i
ruga
i te
opata.
Tori
said:
I
shall
go
and
catch
birds
at
night,
up
on
the
cliff.
3.
Thunder
(also
hatutiri).
4.
(Also:
pokopoko.)
Hollow,
hole,
depression,
any
deep,
concave
object;
to
leave
in a
hole,
in a
depression.
Pokoga,
chasm;
summit.
Pokohata,
female
rat:
kio'e
pokohata.
Pokopoko,
woman
bent
under
the
weight
of
her
years:
vî'e
pokopoko.
Vanaga.
1.
Sound
of
the
sea;
tai
poko,
breakers.
Pokopoko,
to
slap
water.
Mgv.:
pokokina,
resonant,
clear-toned.
Mq.:
poko,
to
slap
the
water
in
imitation
of
drumming;
pokokina,
sound
of
water.
2.
Rut,
beaten
path.
P
Pau.:
poko,
hollow;
pokopoko,
concave,
to
excavate.
Mgv.:
poko,
to
dig,
to
excavate,
to
hollow
out.
Mq.:
pokoko,
to
crack
open;
pokona,
to
hollow
out,
to
excavate.
Ta.:
poópoó,
hollow,
deep.
3.
Infernal;
pokoga,
hell,
infernal
cave;
topa
ki
te
pokoga,
to
damn
(lit:
to
go
down
to
hell.)
Mq.:
pokona,
cavity,
hole.
Churchill.
Pokopoko:
1.
Womb.
PS
Sa.:
po'opo'o,
clitoris.
Mq.:
pokopoko,
pudendum
muliebre.
2.
Pokopoko
vae,
footprints.
3.
Concave,
deep,
ditch,
mysterious;
pokopoko
ihu,
nostril
(Ta.:
poópoó
ihu);
pokopoko
ke,
fathomless;
pokopoko
taheta,
concave.
Hakapokopoko,
to
deepen.
Chuchill. |
We should
remember
Rano Kau:
... The
dream
soul
climbed
up and
reached
the rim
of the
crater.
As soon
as the
dream
soul
looked
into the
crater,
she felt
a gentle
breeze
coming
toward
her. She
named
the
place 'Poko
Uri A
Hau Maka
O Hiva'.
The
dream
soul
continued
her
search
for a
residence
for King
Matua.
The
dream
soul of
Hau
Maka
reached
(the
smaller
crater)
Manavai
and
named
the
place 'Te
Manavai
A Hau
Maka O
Hiva'.
The
dream
soul
went on
and
reached
Te
Kiore
Uri.
She
named
the
place 'Te
Kiore
Uri A
Hau Maka
O Hiva'
...
At the rim
of the
crater is
Orongo,
which
possibly
corresponded
to the week
from to
October 16
(where 81 *
6 = 2 * 243) to October
23 (where 82
* 3 = 2 *
123):
| Assarfa 7 |
8 |
9 (153) |
| October 14 |
15 |
16 (289) |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca8-8 |
Ca8-9 |
Ca8-10 (209) |
| Tapume |
Matua |
Orongo |
| erua marama |
te kihikihi - te marama |
| no star listed |
τ Bootis (208.2), Benetnash (208.5) |
ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) |
| April 15 |
16 |
17 (107) |
| Almuqaddam 10 |
11 |
12 (336) |
| no stars listed |
Polaris, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9), Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), Sheratan, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
| Assarfa 10 |
11 |
12 |
13 (157) |
Auva 1 |
| October 17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (293) |
21 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca8-11 |
Ca8-12 |
Ca8-13 |
Ca8-14 |
Ca8-15 (214) |
| tagata oho marama |
koia ra |
te marama |
ka moe |
i te rima kaueue - te ika |
| Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) |
φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1) |
υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9), Agena (212.1) |
Thuban (212.8), χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) |
no star listed |
| April 18 (473) |
19 |
20 |
21 (111) |
22 |
| Almuqaddam 13 |
Al Muakhar 1 |
2 |
3 (340) |
4 |
| no star listed |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2) |
Alamak (29.7), Hamal (30.5) |
2h (30.4) |
no star listed |
| Auva 2 |
3 (160) |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| October 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 (299) |
27 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca8-16 |
Ca8-17 (216) |
Ca8-18 |
Ca8-19 |
Ca8-20 |
Ca8-21 |
| - |
Orongo Tane |
Mauri-nui |
Mauri-kero |
Omutu |
Tireo |
| manu rere |
erima marama |
| Asellus Tertius, κ Virginis (214.8), Arcturus (215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5) |
Syrma, λ Bootis (215.6), ι Lupi (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5) |
ψ Centauri (216.6) |
Asellus Primus (217.8), τ Lupi (218.1) |
φ Virginis (218.7), σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5) |
Haris (219.7). σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4) |
| April 23 |
24 |
25 |
26 (116) |
27 |
28 |
| Al Muakhar 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 (345) |
9 |
10 |
| no star listed |
Mira (33.7) |
no stars listed |
In the
Hawaiian
list of
the Moon nights
there is
a single
Mauri
(Mauli),
but
between
Tane
(Kane)
and
Mutu
(Muku)
has been
inserted
a
night of
Rogo
(Lono):
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26 Kane (Tane) |
Kane is the twenty-seventh night of the Moon. It was a day of prayer and on the day following, that of Lono, the prayer was freed. That day and the day of Lono are good days for planting potatoes. It is a day of very low tide but joyous for men who fish with lines and for girls who dive for sea-urchins. |
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27 Lono (Rogo) |
Lono is the twenty-eight night of the Moon. It is a day for planting crops. The tide is low, the sea calm, the sand is gathered up and returned to its place; in these days the sea begins to wash back the sand that the rough sea has scooped up. This is one account of the night of Lono. |
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28 Mauli (Mauri) |
Mauli is the last night that the Moon is visible and the name means 'the last breath'. It is a very good day for planting, a day of low tide. 'A sea that gathers up and returns the sand to its place' is the meaning of this single word. The Moon rises just a little before sunrise and it is the twenty-ninth night of the Moon. |
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29 Muku (Mutu) |
Muku is the night on which the Moon does not rise. The name means 'finished' and it refers to the 'dying' of the Moon. It is a day for planting crops, a day of low tide, when the sea gathers up and returns the sand to its place, a day of diving for sea-urchins, small and large, for gathering sea-weed, for line-fishing by children, squid-catching, uluulu [uruuru] fishing, pulu [puru] fishing and so forth. Such is the activity of this day. |
We can now appreciate why Kane was number 26 in the list although said to be the 27th night of the Moon. It seems to be the same pattern as in C - there are 2 nights necessary (Orongo and Orongo Tane), presumably to indicate a break in time between the old period without Tane and the new with Tane (which is a name for Sun).
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