nuku The missing arms could be a sign of the same category as vae kore (missing legs): vae kore nuku Arms are, like hands and fingers, called rima and without arms it would be rima kore. Rima 1. Hand, also, but improperly, fingers, forearm; te ko mu'a o te rima, palm of the hand; te ko tu'a o te rima, back of the hand; rima hakaturu, generous, liberal, munificent; tagata rima pu'a, helper; rima hakakau, generous hands, open-handed person; rima matu'a neanea, thumb. 2. Fifth; e-rima, ka-rima, five. Vanaga. 1. Five. P Mgv., Ta.: rima, id. Mq.: ima, id. 2. Arm, hand; rima atakai, obliging, kind, generous, a gift, rima tuku, elbow, rima omo, infidelity, faithless, unfaithful, rima o te kahu, sleeve, kakari rima, wrist. P Pau.: rima, hand, arm. Mgv.: rima, hand, arm, paw, finger. Mq.: ima, hand, arm. Ta.: rima, arm, hand, finger. Rimahakaviriviri, fist, to clench the fist, a blow of the fist. Rimahati, one-armed. Rima ko manaroa, little finger T. Rimamatua neanea, thumb. Rimaroaroa tahaga, middle finger T. Rimatitiri, to walk with the hands behind the back. Rimaruru, to clasp hands. Rimatuhi henna (?) index finger T. Rimatuhi a hana, finger ring T (? ring finger). 3. To lead into error; rimaetua, supernatural, Mq.: imaima, that which returns after a man's death, Ta.: rimaatua, plague, dissension, mortal illness. Churchill. Rimatitiri is to walk with the hands (and the arms too of course) behind the back. When there are no arms visible, it could be a way to say that there is no fire (i.e. no sun). Rima also means 5, and a closed fist evidently can be used to indicate the beginning of 5 sun doublemonths: Aa8-26 Aa8-27 Aa8-28 Aa8-29 Aa8-30 Aa8-31 No arms (rima kore) will then be the beginning of the season thereafter, autumn.

At the end of autumn the winter solstice could mark the boundary to the season where arms once again would be there. So far so good. But why should there be a crowd of people connected with the idea of nuku? One answer is to say that not until Raven found people crowded inside the great clam, i.e. at autumn equinox, could there be any crow-d.

Another clue is the kuhane station Te Piringa Aniva:

Te Piringa Aniva is somewhere on the southern coast, somewhere to the west of Akahanga which is marked on the map.

... Matua spoke: 'Instruct the young men how they must sail to see the (new home) land. It will be their task to remain (there) until next year and not hurry back here (immediately). When you speak to the young men, tell them that these orders are from me, the orders of King Matua. Tell them that they have only one year('s time) to finish building the canoe and to launch it. Tell them that it is up to them not to forget anything. Go and deliver the order!'

This was the end of Matua's speech. Hau Maka arose and went to his house. When he arrived, he told Hua Tava of the conversation: 'This is what the king said to me, so that I may go and instruct the young men.' Hua Tava answered Hau Maka: 'Since this is what the king told you, go and deliver (the order) to all; set out, look at the land, and find a place where the people (aniva) can live!' (Manuscript E p. 14.)

... Reasonably Te Piringa Aniva means the place (-ga) for people to meet (piri):

... 1. Hanga Te Pau, the landing site of Ira and his band of explorers, is the natural anchorage for those approaching Vinapu by sea. The remarkable stone fronts of the ahu of Vinapu are all facing the sea. The explorers landed at Hanga Te Pau during the month 'Maro', that is, June ...

2. The cult place of Vinapu is located between the fifth and sixth segment of the dream voyage of Hau Maka. These segments, named 'Te Kioe Uri' (inland from Vinapu) and 'Te Piringa Aniva' (near Hanga Pau Kura) flank Vinapu from both the west and the east. The decoded meaning of the names 'the dark rat' (i.e., the island king as the recipient of gifts) and 'the gathering place of the island population' (for the purpose of presenting the island king with gifts) links them with the month 'Maro', which is June. Thus the last month of the Easter Island year is twice connected with Vinapu. Also, June is the month of summer solstice [a mistake: south of the equator it is winter solstice], which again points to the possibility that the Vinapu complex was used for astronomical purposes.

3. On the 'second list of place names', Hanga Te Pau is called 'the middle (zenith) of the land' (he tini o te kainga). This may refer to a line bisecting the island, but it can just as easily mean the gathering of a great number (of islanders). The plaza (130 x 130 meters) would have been very well suited for this purpose ...

Tini To be at the zenith: ku-tini-á te raá; middle of a journey, of a period of time; te tini o te raá, the middle of the day. Vanaga. 1. A great number, innumerable, infinite, indefinite. Tinitini, million, billion. T Pau.: tinitini, innumerable. Mgv.: tini, a countless number, infinite. Mq.: tini, id. Ta.: tini, numerous. 2. Raa tini, noon; tini po, midnight; te tini te raa, zenith; topa tini, abortion. Churchill.

The 'plaza' (marae) at Hanga Te Pau could be the place where all the people gathered (crowded) in order to make next year come awake (haka-ariki). North of the equator the proper date might be February 19 (Gregorian day 50) - i.e. 4 days before February 23. South of the equator the date should be at the other end of the sky, for instance at August 4 - i.e. 3 days after Alhena 11:

Ka4-7	Ka4-8 (70)	Ka4-9	Ka4-10 (*136)
	ζ Hydrae (134.1)	Acubens, Talitha Borealis (135.0)	ρ Ursa Majoris (135.6), ν Cancri (136.0), Talitha Australis (136.1)
August 1	2	3	4 (216)
Alhena 11 (77)	12	13	Murzim 1 (80)

365 days
	299		64
Ka4-10 (72)		Ka1-7
ρ Ursa Majoris (135.6), ν Cancri (136.0), Talitha Australis (136.1)
August 4 (216)	299	May 31 (151)	64
Murzim 1 (80)		Pleione 1 (15)

But from February 19 to August 4 there are 216 - 50 = 166 days, not half a year.

However, if we add 216 + 145 (May 25, where the K text is beginning) the result is 1 more than 360. Furthermore, 216 + 364 = 580 (= 20 * 29). And 300 + 364 = 664 = 4 * 166.

The number of glyphs on side b of the Tahua tablet is 664 and the total number of glyphs on the tablet is 1334 (= 20 * 29 + 26 * 29).

The feather fence of Nuku Kehu should be between He Maro (June) and (He) Anakena (where the royal child was born).

Ana 1. Cave. 2. If. 3. Verbal prefix: he-ra'e ana-unu au i te raau, first I drank the medicine. Vanaga. 1. Cave, grotto, hole in the rock. 2. In order that, if. 3. Particle (na 5); garo atu ana, formerly; mee koe ana te ariki, the Lord be with thee. PS Sa.: na, an intensive postpositive particle. Anake, unique. T Pau.: anake, unique, to be alone. Mgv.: anake, alone, single, only, solely. Mq.: anake, anaé, id. Ta.: anae, all, each, alone, unique. Anakena, July. Ananake, common, together, entire, entirely, at once, all, general, unanimous, universal, without distinction, whole, a company; piri mai te tagata ananake, public; kite aro o te mautagata ananake, public; mea ananake, impartial; koona ananake, everywhere. Churchill. Splendor; a name applied in the Society Islands to ten conspicious stars which served as pillars of the sky. Ana appears to be related to the Tuamotuan ngana-ia, 'the heavens'. Henry translates ana as aster, star. The Tahitian conception of the sky as resting on ten star pillars is unique and is doubtless connected with their cosmos of ten heavens. The Hawaiians placed a pillar (kukulu) at the four corners of the earth after Egyptian fashion; while the Maori and Moriori considered a single great central pillar as sufficient to hold up the heavens. It may be recalled that the Moriori Sky-propper built up a single pillar by placing ten posts one on top of the other. Makemson.

A midline (tini) through the island could strech from Hanga Rua in the south down to Hanga Rau in the north:

... When Hotu's canoe had reached Taharoa, the vaginal fluid (of Hotu's pregnant wife) appeared. They sailed towards Hanga Hoonu, where the mucus (kovare seems to refer to the amniotic sac in this case) appeared. They sailed on and came to Rangi Meamea, where the amniotic fluid ran out and the conctractions began. They anchored the canoe in the front part of the bay, in Hanga Rau. The canoe of Ava Rei Pua also arrived and anchoraged. After Hotu's canoe had anchoraged, the child of Vakai and Hotu appeared. It was Tuu Maheke, son of Hotu, a boy ... (Manuscript E, p. 80)

The number of the page (80) in the manuscript could serve as a Sign of spring equinox (reflecting the day number of March 21).

The page number in Manuscript E where Nuku Kehu pounded feather staffs is 91, maybe a Sign of the end of a quarter. 409 (Rogo) + 11 = 420:

Gb7-8	Gb7-9 (420)	Gb7-10	Gb7-11 (*120)
Azmidiske (117.4)			χ Carinae (119.9)
July 16	17	18	19 (200)
Heka 8	9	10	11 (64)

Gb7-12	Gb7-13 (*122)	Gb7-14
Naos (121.3)	Heap of Fuel (122.1)	Tegmine (123.3)
July 20	8h (121.7)	22
Heka 12	13 (66)	Alhena 1

Hau tea with Janus eyes in Gb7-14 coincides with Alhena 1 and July 22 (7 / 22). This could allude to the reverse of 22 / 7 (= π), i.e. to the reverse of the end of a cycle.

Possibly the 'hedgehogs' are pointing at June 21 in order to show where the boundary ('hedge') of the solstice is beginning. Gregorian day 203 - 172 = 31 and we can guess the Easter Island new year began when Tegmine (ζ Cancri) rose heliacally.

... In Hawaii, the rising of the Pleiades was the signal for the beginning of the Makahiki major harvest festival which centered upon Lono (Rongo). For Rapa Nui, as for the Maori, the Mangarevans and the rest of the people of the Southern Hemisphere, the rising of the Pleiades is almost simultaneous with the Austral June solstice. The Rapa Nui calendar begins with the month of Anakena (the name of the landing site of Hotu Matu'a). Anakena was said by Thomson to mean August, but Métraux corrected that to July ...

Furthermore, given my suggested significance of July 22 it becomes possible to see the reverse number 227 as a sign of where a cycle ends, for instance at January 5 (21 weeks - '217' -  beyond March 21):