He poporo was number 8 of the plants listed for Oti. It suggests the poporo plants may have been a pair (because 8 / 4 = 2). Each of these 8 berries could then have been - I suggest - a measure for the synodic Moon month (· for the black new moon night).
4 * 29½ = 118 and 8 * 29½ = 236.
Ca9-8 is glyph 236, but this growing poporo has 6 'fruits':
| November 8 |
9 |
10 (314) |
11 |
12 |
| May 9 |
10 (130) |
11 |
12 |
13 (499) |
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 |
| 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), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis (234.7) |
θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), Gemma, Zuben Elakrab, Qin, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8)
Sirrah
|
φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9) |
| τ Arietis (49.7) |
Algenib Persei (50.0), ο Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8)
Gienah
|
no star listed (51) |
no star listed (52) |
no star listed (53)
Acrux
|
6 * 29½ = 177 (= 236 - 59) and possibly it means these 5 days defined a place where the cycles of the Moon and the Sun were brought together. Algenib Persei rose with the Sun in May 10 (130) and was close to the Full Moon in November 9, 183 days later.
Gienah culminated at midnight in May 10 (where 5 * 10 = 50) and Acrux 4 nights later. Sirrah culminated at midnight in November 11.
May 13 was day 499 counted from January 1 in the previous year. But should we assume the year was ending with December 30 (364) and beginning anew (·) with December 31, then Ca9-8 would mark where in May 13 the midnight culmination of Acrux coincided with day 500.
November 10 is the Gregorian π day and here Metoro again said hakaraoa, this time 214 days later than at Ca1-20. November 10 (314) - 214 = 100 (April 10):
| Nov 8 |
9 |
10 (314) |
11 |
12 |
13 |
| May 9 |
10 (130) |
11 |
12 |
13 |
(500) |
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|
|
|
|
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| Ca9-4 |
Ca9-5 |
Ca9-6 |
Ca9-7 |
Ca9-8 |
Ca9-9 (237) |
| ki te vai |
kua moe |
ku hakaraoa |
e rima no ona |
ku tupu te poporo |
kotia |
| 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), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis (234.7) |
θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), Gemma, Zuben Elakrab, Qin, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8)
Sirrah
|
φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi (236.3), 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) |
| τ Arietis (49.7) |
Algenib Persei (50.0), ο Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8)
Gienah
|
no star listed (51) |
no star listed (52) |
no star listed (53)
Acrux
|
no star listed (54) |
| Nov 14 |
15 |
16 (320) |
17 |
18 |
| May 15 |
16 (136) |
17 |
18 |
19 |
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| Ca9-10 |
Ca9-11 |
Ca9-12 |
Ca9-13 |
Ca9-14 (242) |
| kua rere |
ki te marama |
e moa |
haati kava |
e moa |
| π Cor. Borealis, Cor Serpentis (238.1), 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) |
β Tr. Austr. (240.3), κ Tr. Austr. (240.4), ρ Scorpii (240.8) |
Iklīl al Jabhah-15 / Anuradha-17 / Room-4 |
υ Herculis (242.3), ρ Cor. Borealis (242.4), ι Cor. Borealis (242.5), ξ Scorpii (242.7)
Schedir
|
| 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) |
| Al Thurayya-27 / Krittikā-3 / Hairy Head-18 |
Menkhib (57.6)
Porrima
|
Zaurak (58.9) |
λ Tauri (59.3), ν Tauri (59.9) |
| Atiks, Rana (55.1), CELAENO, ELECTRA, TAYGETA (55.3), MAIA, ASTEROPE, MEROPE (55.6) |
ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE, ATLAS (56.3) |
| TAU-ONO |
Considering all evidence at hand I suggest the 6 'berries' at Ca9-8 are referring to the 6 stars of Tau-ono, visible a pair of days later close to the Full Moon in November 14.
I have here also thought of the glyph with 6 'berries' in the G text, held up high in glyph number 185. Earlier I had suspected they depicted Tau-ono and now I am quite sure, because the interpretations of Ca9-8 and Ca7-15 support each other.
There are 10 nights from November 14 to November 24 and the latter position coincides with the day before heliacal Antares:
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 |
 |
| Ga7-11 (181) |
Ga7-12 |
Ga7-13 (*246) |
Ga7-14 |
| θ Lupi, Rutilicus (243.5), Marfik (243.7), φ Herculis (243.8) |
ψ Scorpii (244.6), Lesath (244.8), χ Scorpii (245.1) |
Yed Prior (245.5) |
Yed Posterior, Rukbalgethi Shemali (246.6). ο Scorpii (246.8), σ Scorpii (247.0), Hejian (247.2) |
| 16h (243.5) |
November 21 |
22 (326) |
23 |
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 |
 |
| Ga7-15 (185) |
Ga7-16 |
Ga7-17 (*250) |
Ga7-18 (188) |
Ga7-19 |
| ψ Ophiuchi (247.7), ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), Kajam (248.3) |
χ Ophiuchi (248.5), She Low (248.7), Antares (249.1) |
Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5), ω Ophiuchi (249.8), σ Herculis (250.3) |
τ Scorpii (250.7), Han (251.0) |
ζ Herculis (252.1) |
| November 24 |
25 |
26 (330) |
27 |
28 |
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 |
 |
| Ga7-20 |
Ga7-21 (*254) |
Ga7-22 (192) |
Ga7-23 (*256) |
Ga7-24 |
| η Herculis (252.5) |
Wei (254.3) |
Denebakrab (254.7), ι Ophiuchi (255.3), Grafias (255.4) |
κ Ophiuchi (256.2) |
Cujam (256.9) |
| November 29 |
30 |
December 1 |
2 (336) |
3 |
From May 16, when the last of the Pleiades stars, i.e. Alcyone, Pleione, - and last but not least Atlas (the carrier of the 'Great Berry') rose with the Sun
to heliacal Antares in November 25 there were 329 - 136 = 193 days, a significant number because Castor rose with the Sun in Gregorian day 193 (July 12):
| Antares at the time of rongorongo: |
| Rising in the east at sunset |
June 1 (152) |
0 |
0 |
| 15 days from winter solstice |
July 6 (187) |
35 |
35 |
| Culmination at midnight |
July 11 (192) |
5 |
40 |
| 'Leap day' |
July 12 (193) |
1 |
41 |
| Heliacal rising |
November 25 (329) |
136 |
177 |
| Nakshatra day |
May 28 (148) |
184 |
361 |
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