The outline of the figure between Kiore (sky) and Henua (earth) is similar to something we can recognize, viz. Puo (cover) - which surely is the opposite of a free and airy space.
| Puo (Also pu'a); pu'o nua, one who covers himself with a nua (blanket), that is to say, a human being. Vanaga.
1. To dress, to clothe, to dress the hair; puoa, clothed; puoa tahaga, always dressed. 2. To daub, to besmear (cf. pua 2); puo ei oone, to daub with dirt, to smear. 3. Ata puo, to hill up a plant. Churchill. |
Admittedly I cannot here refer to the vocabulary of Metoro. But the type of glyph which I have named puo occurs for instance at the end of the G text:
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| Gb8-30 (472) |
| HYADUM I I (63.4) |
| May 23 |
In C we have a first example of puo early in the text:
| March 21 |
22 (81) |
23 |
| September 20 |
21 |
equinox (265) |
| no glyph |
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| Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
| koia |
ki te hoea |
| Al Fargh al Thāni-25 |
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 |
χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) |
| 0h (365.25) |
| Caph, SIRRAH (0.5), ε Phoenicis (0.8) |
ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8) |
| Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1), Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) |
Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9) |
Hasta-13 / Chariot-28 |
| GIENAH (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), Zaniah (185.9) |
| March 24 |
25 (84) |
| September 23 |
24 |
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| Ca1-3 |
Ca1-4 |
| ki te henua |
te rima te hau tea |
| ζ Tucanae (3.5), π Tucanae (3.7) |
no star listed (4) |
| Chang Sha (186.3) |
Intrometida (187.4), Acrux (187.5) |
| March 26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (88) |
| September 25 (268) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
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| Ca1-5 |
Ca1-6 |
Ca1-7 |
Ca1-8 |
| haga i te mea ke |
ki te henua - tagata honui |
te ika |
te honu |
| Ankaa, κ Phoenicis (5.0)
Alphard
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λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4) |
no star listed (7) |
DELTA (8.4), Schedir (8.6), μ Phoenicis (8.9) |
| γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), Algorab (188.5), Gacrux (188.7) |
γ Muscae (189.0), Avis Satyra (189.3), Asterion (189.5), Kraz (189.7)
Alderamin
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α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7) |
Al Áwwā'-11 |
| ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA, γ Centauri (191.5) |
Later - and close to May 23 - we can see another thinner variant apparently bursting apart (koti):
| May 20 |
21 |
22 (142) |
23 |
| November 19 |
20 (324) |
21 |
22 |
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| Ca3-9 |
Ca3-10 |
Ca3-11 |
Ca3-12 (63) |
| tapamea tagata kua iri |
ki te pa |
kua hua |
ki te kotiga |
| 4h (60.9) |
no star listed (61) |
Beid (62.2) Vindemiatrix |
Al Dabarān-2 |
| no star listed (60)
Cor Caroli |
HYADUM I (63.4) |
| 16h (243.5) |
ψ Scorpii (244.6), Lesath (244.8) |
χ Scorpii (245.1), Yed Prior, δ Tr. Austr. (245.5) |
Yed Posterior, Rukbalgethi Shemali (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8) |
| Acrab, Jabhat al Akrab (243.3), θ Lupi, Rutilicus (243.5), Marfik (243.7), φ Herculis (243.8) |
From Ca1-5 to Ca3-12 there are 63 - 5 = 58 glyphs.
Counting 2 * 29 days backwards from May 23 brings us to day 85 = March 26, which in G corresponds to glyph number 472 - 58 = 414 (= 14 * 29½ + 1):
Perhaps puo means a 'fruit' (hua) will arrive, a time of rebirth:
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| tamaiti |
Gb7-3 |
| Tama 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 |
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