4. Page 41 has no overcrossed items, but item number
45 vai ngaere a puku hehaheha is identical with the 43rd item
which was overcrossed at the end of page 40:
41) |
44 |
e tai e
teho
e ka tao taau ngu e po e kiko e ka tutu |
|
tou
oone. |
45 |
vai
ngaere
a puku hehaheha. |
46 |
e hue e
renga
havini
e ka rangi atu koe kia nua |
|
kia motu
roa ka vere mai taau taueve miritonu |
47 |
e vai e
hare hakangaengae
i te tahu hanga rikiriki. |
48 |
hanga o
maru a vave paupau. |
49 |
e uta e
maunga
marengo
e kaa hohora toou kahu |
|
ritorito
ka romiromi mai |
50 |
ko
hanga te
pau
a ira. |
|
te tini
o te kainga a hanga te pau. |
51 |
rano kau
te taki toka hakapiri te vaenga te mu(-) |
|
ko.muko. |
52 |
mataveri
o uta a hare paenga. |
53 |
mataveri
o tai a taura akavenga nuahine |
54 |
vai
rapa a hakaremereme |
56 |
te
vai
rutu
manu a koro rupa.e haho e hivi e
|
|
e runga
e te puku ohu kahi e. |
There are 18 text lines and 12 stations on page 41.
The total number of textlines to the end of page 41 is therefore 53
+ 18 = 71. If we reduce with the number of those text lines which have
been overcrossed 71 will be changed into 68.
The total number of stations is 53 only, because
both station number 30 and station number 43 are overcrossed without
any replacement and station number 55 is missing altogether.
The reason why number 30 has been overcrossed could
be to indicate that the true length of a synodic lunar months is
around 29½ nights. If this was the reason, then we should expect a similar
explanation to work for the overcrossed number 43. The '7th flame of
Sun' is my name for 7 * 60 = 420 (= 6 * 70). But
420 is also equal to 15 * 28, i.e. not equal to 15 * 29½ = 442½ (the
day number for One Tea
where the Moon Queen is dying). If we let the cycle of Jupiter
determine, then 442½ = 399 + 43½ which could motivate an
overcrossing of number 44. Possibly instead, the cycle of Jupiter
ends with 399 + 1 = 400 (in which case number 43 would be
overcrossed because it stands for 42½):
|
|
Gb7-31 |
Gb8-1 (443) |
One Tea (15 * 29.5 =
442½) |
|
|
|
|
Gb8-2 |
Gb8-3 |
Gb8-4 |
Gb8-5 |
From this we will expect a correspondence also
between the overcrossed item Oparingi and the description at
the 10th kuhane station at day number 295 in the G calendar:
|
|
|
|
|
Gb2-26 (282) |
Gb2-27 |
Gb2-28 |
Gb2-29 |
Gb2-30 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gb2-31 |
Gb2-32 |
Gb2-33 |
Gb2-34 |
Gb2-35 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gb3-1 |
Gb3-2 |
Gb3-3 |
Gb3-4
(295) |
Gb3-5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gb3-6 |
Gb3-7 |
Gb3-8 |
Gb3-9 (300) |
Gb3-10 |
Here, evidently, the winter season (takaure) is
beginning, because Sun is being swallowed (cfr Gb3-9). The perceived
agreement with the calendar of G should make us formulate a hypothesis: Each Makoi
station stands for 10 days:
38) |
10 |
Apina
Iti |
40 |
Okahu |
20 |
Hanga
O Uo |
50 |
Ra
Tahai |
30 |
Hanga
Roa |
60 |
Ahu
Akapu |
|
70 |
Kihikihi Rau Mea |
80 |
Renga
A Tini |
90 |
Vai
A Mei |
100 |
Rua A
Ngau |
110 |
Roro
Hau |
120 |
Vai
Poko |
130 |
Te
Hereke (17) |
39) |
140 |
Hatu
Ngoio |
170 |
Opata
Roa |
270 |
Hanga
Nui |
150 |
Ara
Koreu |
180 |
Vai
Tara |
280 |
Tongariki |
160 |
Hanga
Kuokuo (20) |
190 |
Hia
Uka |
290 |
Te
Rano A Raraku |
|
200 |
Hanga
Ohiro |
300
|
Oparingi |
210 |
Roto
Kahi |
310 |
Motu Kumu
(36) |
220 |
Papa
Kahi |
|
230 |
Puna A
Tuki |
240 |
Ehu |
250 |
Maunga
Teatea |
260 |
Te
Hakarava (31) |
40) |
310 |
Oparingi
|
360 |
Hanga
Tetenga |
320 |
Motu
Humu |
370 |
Ahu
Tutae |
330 |
Hanga
Maihiku |
380 |
Oroi
|
340 |
Maunga
Toatoa |
390 |
Akahanga |
350 |
Te
Pipi Horeko (41) |
400 |
Hua
Reva |
|
410 |
Rua
Hana |
420 |
Puku
Hotake |
430 |
Vai Ngaere
(53) |
41) |
440 |
Teho |
510 |
Rano Kau |
450 |
Vai Ngaere |
520 |
Mataveri
O Uta |
460 |
Renga
Havini |
530 |
Mataveri
O Tai |
470 |
Hare
Hakangaengae |
540 |
Vai
Rapa |
480 |
Hanga O
Maru |
560 |
Te
Vai Rutu
Manu (71) |
490 |
Maunga
Marengo |
|
500 |
Hanga
Te
Pau (60) |
Hanga Te Pau obviously is intended as an end
station. Not only is it item number 50 (10 times 'fire') but it is also located in
text line number 60 (the number of days in a solar double-month,
'flame of Sun').
I have not regarded 44 Teho nor 36
Hanga Tetenga (nor 25 Maunga Teatea) as similar in kind to the redmarked Te
stations. Interestingly Rano Raraku is a Te
station but not Rano Kau. This agrees with my interpretation
of 'fire' at the Rano Raraku end of the island (east) and 'water' at
the Rano Kau end (west).
There are no Te stations on the next page
(42), where Makoi's list is ending. Therefore we can
summarize the Te stations here:
38) |
130 |
Te
Hereke (17) |
40) |
350 |
Te
Pipi Horeko (41) |
39) |
260 |
Te
Hakarava (31) |
41) |
500 |
Hanga
Te
Pau (60) |
290 |
Te
Rano A Raraku (35) |
560 |
Te
Vai Rutu
Manu (71) |