November 7 means the
seventh day in the
ninth month, and
there are reasons to
believe 9 weeks
measured the time
before the front
side of the year
would appear:
Alterf |
5 |
6 |
7 (112) |
8 |
September 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 (249) |
|
|
|
|
|
Ca6-25 |
Ca6-26 |
Ca6-27 |
Ca6-28 (168) |
Ca7-1 |
tagata marama |
koia ra |
marama |
kua Rei te vae |
Alkes (165.6), Merak (166.2) |
11h (167.4) |
no star listed |
Al Sharas (168.6), Zosma (169.2), Coxa (169.4) |
Dubhe (166.7) |
March 4 |
5 |
6 |
7 (66) |
8 |
61 |
Simak
5
(175) |
November
7 |
|
Ca9-3
(231) |
koia
kua
oho |
Princeps
(230.6),
Zuben
Elschemali
(230.8),
μ
Lupi
(231.3) |
May
9
(129) |
Alresha
8
(358) |
no
star
listed |
For instance are
there probably
63 days from
March 21 to the
first glyph on
the front side
of the G tablet.
231 = 33 weeks,
and Metoro said
koia kua oho
('who
leaves'). Then
follow 5 days
before the
Pleiades are due
to appear close
to the full moon
in the night
sky:
Simak 6 |
7 (177) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
November
8 |
9 |
10 (314) |
11 |
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ca9-4 |
Ca9-5 |
Ca9-6 |
Ca9-7 |
Ca9-8
(236) |
ki te
vai |
kua moe |
ku
hakaraoa |
e rima
no ona |
ku tupu
te
poporo |
ο Cor.
Borealis
(232.0),
δ Lupi
(232.1),
φ¹, ν²
Lupi
(232.2),
ν¹ Lupi
(232.3),
ε Lupi
(232.4),
φ² Lupi
(232.5) |
Pherkad
(232.6),
η Cor.
Borealis
(232.8),
υ Lupi
(232.9),
Alkalurops
(233.1) |
Nusakan
(234.0) |
θ Cor.
Borealis
(235.3) |
γ Lupi
(235.6),
Gemma,
Zuben
Elakrab,
Qin
(235.7),
μ Cor.
Borealis
(235.8),
ω Lupi
(236.3) |
May 10
(130) |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
Alrescha
9 |
10 (360) |
11 |
12 |
13 |
Algenib
Persei
(50.0),
ο
Tauri
(50.2) |
ξ Tauri
(50.8) |
no stars
listed |
The little
vai raised
high in
Ca9-4 is day 5
counted from
kiore
looking ahead in
Ca8-29. Algenib
Persei rose
heliacally in
day 130 (May 10) and
Nusakan 184 days
later (in
Gregorian day
314). Nusakan is
the first tine
in Corona
Borealis:
Bootes is on one
side of the sky
and Perseus on
the other. Both
appear to have
beheaded a
woman. This
could be
coincidence of
course, but it
is more likely
to represent a
general pattern
- the same
structural idea
which has placed
a bright Phoenix at
the opposite
side of the
black Raven.
Bootes stands on
terra firma but
Perseus has
winged sandals.
The opposite
side of the sky
is also the
opposite
otherwise, e.g.
with the back of
the head of
Queen Berenice
contra the front
side of the head
of the Gorgon Medusa.
May 15 is
manzil day 364
when in
rongorongo times
the first 5
stars of the
Pleiades were
rising
heliacally. The
remaining 6
stars (Tau-ono)
rose the day
after. The
koti glyph
in Ca9-9
probably
illustrates the
time division
separating the
old year from
the new (which
is 'running
ahead', kua
rere, in the
first day after
the twice 26
weeks of the
previous year):
Simak 11 |
|
12 |
Nov. 13 |
14 |
|
|
Ca9-9 |
Ca9-10 |
kotia |
kua
rere |
ψ¹ Lupi
(236.7),
ζ Cor.
Borealis
(236.9),
ι
Serpentis
(237.4),
ψ² Lupi
(237.5) |
γ Cor.
Borealis
(237.7),
Unuk
Elhaia
(237.9),
π Cor.
Borealis,
Cor
Serpentis
(238.1) |
May 15 |
16 (136) |
Alrescha
14 |
15 (365) |
Atiks,
Rana
(55.1),
Celaeno,
Electra,
Taygeta
(55.3) |
Maia,
Asterope,
Merope
(55.6),
Alcyone
(56.1),
Pleione,
Atlas
(56.3) |
13 (183) |
Syrma 1 |
2 |
3 |
Nov.
15 |
16 |
17 (321) |
18 |
|
|
|
|
Ca9-11 |
Ca9-12 |
Ca9-13 |
Ca9-14
(242) |
ki te
marama |
e moa |
haati
kava |
e moa |
Chow
(238.6),
κ
Serpentis
(239.3),
δ Cor.
Borealis,
Tiānrǔ
(239.5) |
χ Lupi,
(239.6),
ω
Serpentis
(239.7),
Ba, χ
Herculis
(239.8).
κ Cor.
Borealis,
ρ
Serpentis
(239.9) |
ρ
Scorpii
(240.8),
ξ Lupi,
λ Cor.
Borealis
(241.1),
Zheng
(241.2),
Vrischika
(241.3),
ε Cor.
Borealis
(241.5) |
Dschubba
(241.7),
η Lupi
(241.9),
υ
Herculis
(242.3),
ρ Cor.
Borealis
(242.4) |
May
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
Sheratan
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
no star
listed |
Menkhib
(57.6) |
Zaurak
(58.9),
λ Tauri
(59.3) |
ν Tauri
(59.9) |
Right ascension
16h (or 4h) has a glyph
with a hole, and
November 19 (or
May 21) is
day 12 beyond
'day 63':
Simak 5 (175) |
11 |
Syrma 4 (187) |
11 |
Az Zubana 3 (199) |
November 7 |
November 19 |
December 1 |
|
|
|
Ca9-3 (231) |
Ca9-15 (243) |
Ca9-27 (255) |
koia kua oho |
i te mauga pu hia |
etoru gagata hakaariki kia raua |
Princeps (230.6), Zuben Elschemali (230.8), μ Lupi (231.3) |
16h (243.5) |
Denebakrab (254.7), ι Ophiuchi (255.3), Grafias (255.4) |
ι Cor. Borealis (242.5), ξ Scorpii (242.7), Acrab, Jabhat al Akrab (243.3), θ Lupi, Rutilicus (243.5) |
May 9 (129) |
May 21 (141) |
June 2 (153) |
Alresha 8 (358) |
Sheratan 5 |
Pleione 3 (17) |
no star listed |
4h (60.9) |
no star listed |
no star listed |
Metoro
saw a
mauga pu
(mountain
with a
hole),
which is
consistent
with his
normal
view of
this
type of
glyph (mauga).
243 = 3
* 3 * 3
* 3 * 3.
The
Easter
Island
month
named
Te-hetu'u-pú
is the
2nd in
the
list:
...
The
ancient
names
of
the
month
were:
Tua
haro,
Tehetu'upú,
Tarahao,
Vaitu
nui,
Vaitu
poru
[potu
?],
He
Maro,
He
Anakena,
Hora
iti,
Hora
nui,
Tagaroa
uri,
Ko
Ruti,
Ko
Koró.
Supposing
this list
was
beginning
not with
January
but with
April,
then the
month
'of
origin'
(pu)
would be May:
...
On the twenty-fifth
day of the first
month ('Vaitu Nui'),
Ira and
Makoi set sail
...
Hetu Hetu 1. To (make) sound; figuratively:
famous, renowned. 2. To crumble into embers (of a bonfire). Hetu'u. Star, planet; hetu'u popohaga
morning star; hetu'u ahiahi evening star; hetu'u viri meteorite. Vanaga
Hetu 1. Star (heetuu); hetu rere, meteor; hetu pupura, planet. P Pau.: hetu, star. Mgv.: etu, id. Mq.: fetu, hetu, id. Ta.: fetu, fetia, id. The alternative form fetia in Tahiti, now the only one in common use, need not be regarded as an anomaly in mutation. It seems to derive from Paumotu fetika, a planet. Its introduction into Tahiti is due to the fashion of accepting Paumotu vocables which arose when the house of Pomare came into power. 2. Capital letter (? he tu). 3. To amuse. 4. To stamp the feet. Hetuhetu, to calk, to strike the water. Hetuke, sea urchin. Churchill. |
Pu 1. To come forward to greet someone met on the road; to walk in front, to go in front: ka-pú a mu'a, let them go first. 2. Pú a mu'a, to intervene, to come to someone's rescue; he-pú-mai a mu'a, he-moaha, he came to my rescue and saved my life. 3. Ancient expression: ai ka-pú, ai ka-pú, tell us frankly what you think. 4. Hole, opening, orifice; well; circumference, rotundity; swirling water; pú-haga, vaginal orifice; pú-henua (also just henua), placenta. He pú henua nó te me'e aau, he-oti-á; ina-á me'e ma'u o te rima i-topa-ai koe, a placenta was all you had, it is a past thing now; you held nothing in your hands when you were born (stern words said to children to make them realize that they must not be demanding, since they were born naked and without possessions). 5. To dig out (tubers): he-pú i te uhi, to dig out yams. Vanaga.
1. A trumpet. P Mgv.: pu, a marine shell. Mq.: pu, conch shell. Ta.: pu, shell, trumpet. 2. A small opening, hole, mortise, stirrup, to pierce, to perforate, to prick; pu moo naa, hiding place; taheta pu, fountain, spring; hakapu, to dowel, to pierce, to perforate. PS Sa., Fu., Niuē: pu, a hole. Churchill.
Mq.: Pu, source, origin. Ma.: pu, root, origin, foundation. Churchill. |
Rutilicus
(β
Herculis)
was
Sun's
position
at 16h
(November
19), a
time
which
north of
the
equator
meant
winter
was
ahead.
When on
Easter
Island
Rutilicus
was
observed
in the
night
close to
the full
Moon it
would
have
been 4h
(May
21),
also a
sign of
winter
ahead.
The man
with a
club
(instead
of a
serpent)
came
tumbling
down:
Possibly,
therefore,
Te-hetu'u-pú
was
a month
similar
to November,
when
some
star
close to
RA
position
243.5 -
181 =
62.5
(such as
Beid, ο¹
Eridani)
could be
seen in
the
nakshatra
sky to
announce
that
summer
was
ahead.
This
could
imply
the
first
month in
the list,
Tua
haro,
was
similar
to October
('the
8th
month'):
Azzubra 6 (137) |
|
7 |
8 |
9 |
September 30 (273) |
October 1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
Ca7-25 (193) |
Ca7-26 |
Ca7-27 |
Ca7-28 |
tagata i te marama |
koia ra |
ki te marama |
kua moe ra |
Mimosa (192.9) |
ψ Virginis (194.5) |
Alioth (194.8), Minelauva (195.1), Cor Caroli (195.3) |
δ Muscae (196.5) |
April 1 (91) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Saad Al Akhbia 9 |
10 |
11 (322) |
12 |
Achird (10.7), ρ Phoenicis (11.2), η Andromedae (11.4) |
Cih (12.4) |
no stars listed |
Tua 1. Back, shoulder, tu'a ivi, shoulder blade; tu'a ivi more, lumbago; moa tu'a ivi raá, 'sun-back chicken': chicken with a yellow back which shines in the sun. 2. Behind (a locative adverb, used with i, ki, a, o, etc). Tu'a-papa, pelvis, hips. Vanaga.
1. Behind, back, rear; ki tua, after; o tua, younger; taki tua, perineum. 2. Sea urchin, echinus. The word must have a germ sense indicating something spinous which will be satisfactorily descriptive of the sea urchin all spines, the prawn with antennae and thin long legs, and in the Maori the shell of Mesodesma spissa. Tuaapapa, haunch, hip, spine. Tuahaigoigo, tattooing on the back. Tuahuri, abortion; poki tuahuri, abortive child. Tuaivi, spine, vertebræ, back, loins; mate mai te tuaivi, ill at ease. Tuakana, elder, elder brother; tuakana tamaahina, elder sister. Tuamouga, mountain summit. Tuatua, to glean. Mgv. tua: To fell, to cut down. Ta.: tua, to cut. Mq.: tua, to fell, to cut down. Ma.: tua, id. Tuaki, to disembowel. Ma.: tuaki, to clean fish. Tuavera, the last breadfruit spoiled by the wind. Ta.: tuavera, burnt by the sun. Churchill. |
Haro To pull; popohaga o te rua raá, i haro i te aka o te miro, on the morning of the second day, they pulled up the anchor of the boat. He haro i te hagu a roto, to draw in air, to breathe. He-haro te vaka i te au , the boat is towed off course in the current. Vanaga.
a. to point, to raise the arm, to stretch out the hand or other member, to spread, to point the yards. b. to hoist, to pull up, to entice. c. to stiffen, to grasp, to squeeze. Haroharo, to point, to limp. PS Sa.: falo, to stretch out. To.: falo, to stretch out, to make tense. Fu.: falo, to stretch out, to lay hands on. |
From
September
30
(273)
to
November
19
(323)
there
are
50
days,
the
same
as
the
distance
from
March
21
to
the
heliacal
rising
of
Algenib
Persei
in
May
10
(130).
323
(November
19)
-
130
(May
10) =
193.
We
could
therefore
possibly
find
the
Easter
Island
day
corresponding
to
the
day
north
of
the
equator
by
adding
193.
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