3. On Makoi's list of place names number
25 is ko maunga teatea a pua katiki:
39) |
14 |
Hatu Ngoio |
17 |
Opata Roa |
27 |
Hanga Nui |
15 |
Ara Koreu |
18 |
Vai Tara |
28 |
Tongariki |
16 |
Hanga Kuokuo (20) |
19 |
Hia Uka |
29 |
Te
Rano A Raraku |
|
20 |
Hanga Ohiro |
30
|
Oparingi |
21 |
Roto Kahi |
31 |
Motu Kumu (36) |
22 |
Papa Kahi |
|
23 |
Puna A Tuki |
24 |
Ehu |
25 |
Maunga Teatea |
26 |
Te
Hakarava (31) |
The double name Maunga Teatea and Pua
Katiki possibly refers to how time here is broken apart (8½ * 29½ =
250¾).
Makoi arrives from northwest, on the side of
the Day
(Sun), and moves towards the side of Night (Moon). Thus the name
Ehu (ashes etc) is appropriate for day number 240 (= ⅔ of
360), because the 'great fire in the sky' can be said to 'turn into ashes' with
nightfall.
Ehu (cfr kehu
and nehu) Ehu ûa,
drizzle.
Firebrand. Ehuehu: 1. Ashes. P
Mgv.: ehu, ashes, dust; rehu, a cinder, ashes.
Mq.: ehuahi, ashes. Ta.: rehu, ashes, soot,
any powder. 2. Brown, brownish. P Ta.: ehuehu, red,
reddish. Ha.: kehu, red or sandy haired. Mq.: kehu,
fair, blond. Mgv.: keukeu-kura, id. Ma.: kehu,
reddish brown. Sa.: 'efu, id. To.: kefu,
yellowish. Fu.: kefu, blond, red. Niuē:
kefu, a
disrespectful term of address. Ragi ehuehu,
a cloudflecked sky. 3. Imperceptible.
Pau.:
kehu,
flaxen-haired, blond. Ta.: ehu,
reddish. Mq.: kehu,
blond. Sa.: 'efu,
reddish, brown. Mq.: kehukehu,
twilight. Ha.: ehuehu,
darkness arising from dust, fog, or vapor. |
Once again the station has a double name, and we can
compare with the kuhane stations:
24 |
ko
ehu
ko
mahatua a
piki rangi a hakakihikihi mahina |
25 |
ko
maunga teatea
a pua
katiki. |
The eastern corner - 2nd part: |
14 Hanga Takaure |
15 Poike |
16 Pua Katiki |
The eastern corner - 3rd part: |
17 Maunga Teatea |
18
Mahatua |
19 Taharoa |
Makoi's order from west to east along the
northern shore is opposite
to that of the kuhane of Hau Maka, and we can
therefore guess
24
Ehu corresponds to 19 Taharoa. When Sun is moving
towards night he is going down (taha):
Taha
To lean; to go down (of the sun in the
evening). Taha-taha. 1. Side, edge; shore:
taha-taha tai. 2. To move from side to side
(of a boat), to swing.
1. To bend, sloping, to go hither and
thither, to evade; ki taha, near; taha ke,
to go in different directions; tahataha,
frontier, horizon; hiriga tahataha, to cross, to
go across; hakataha, to divert, to turn away, to
go aside, to be on one side, to dodge, to shun, oblique,
to incline the head, to turn over on another side, to
avoid, to subject; mata hakataha, to consider;
tae hakataha, immovable. 2. To tear. PS Mgv.:
tahataha, to cut into pieces. Sa., To., Fu.: tafa,
to cut, to gash. Viti: tava, id.
Moe tahae, to be a light
sleeper. Tahatai (taha 1 - tai),
littoral, coast, shore; tahatahatai, coast. |
Roa
Long: haga roa, long bay, wide
beach; ara roa râkei, wide, neat path. Roaroa,
long, tall, far, distant: tagata roaroa, tall
man; kaiga roaroa, distant land; roaroa tahaga,
middle finger.
Long, large, extent; roaroa, to
grow, height; mea roaroa, a long while; roaroa
tahaga, middle finger; roaroa ke, infinite
(time and space); roroa, far, distant, thin, to
grow tall; tagata roroa, giant; roroa ke,
immense; arero roroa, to rapport, to tell;
vanaga roroa, to chatter, babbler; vare roroa,
driveller; hakaroa, to lengthen, to defer;
hakaroaroa, to lengthen, to develop; hakaroroa,
to extend, prolong, defer, lengthen; roaga,
distance, extent, size, length, distant, long. |
Earlier I have suggested that each
station on Makoi's list is representing 10 days. If it is
true, then also the kuhane stations could represent periods
with 10 days
in each. However, with Maunga Teatea and Pua Katiki
mentioned
together in the 25th item of Makoi each kuhane station
maybe has only 5 days - 16 * 5 = 80 days up to and including 16
Pua Katiki and 8 * 5 = 40 days from 17 Maunga Teatea up
to and including the birthplace of the new king at 24 Oromanga.
By the way, beyond 20 Hanga Ohiro there is a
sign ko to be noticed, and it appears twice at what could be day number
240, presumably to indicate a break in time:
200 |
hanga
ohiro a
pakipaki renga. |
210 |
ko
roto kahi
a touo renga. |
220 |
ko
papa kahi
a roro. |
230 |
ko
puna a
tuki a
hauhau renga |
240 |
ko
ehu
ko
mahatua
a piki rangi a hakakihikihi mahina |
250 |
ko
maunga teatea
a pua katiki. |
260 |
ko
te
hakarava
a hakanohonoho. |
270 |
ko
hanga nui
a te papa tata
ika. |
280 |
ko
tongariki
a henga eha tunu kioe hakaputiti.ai |
|
ka
haka punenenene henua mo opoopo o tau kioe |
290 |
ko
te rano a raraku. |
Whatever it means we should take the opportunity to
map the occurrence of ko in Makoi's list:
38) |
1 |
ko
apina iti.ko
rapa kura.he oho mai he |
2 |
tuu ki
hanga o uo.he nape i te ingoa.ko
hanga o
uo |
|
a vave
renga. |
|
he
nape he oho a Makoi .i te ingoa.ka vari ro. |
|
a
arurua.aro i apina nui i hakatuu ai |
|
te
maea.etahi no raa.i nape i oho ai. |
3 |
hanga
roa a
tuki tukau |
4 |
Okahu
a uka ui hetuu. |
5 |
ra
tahai
a uo. |
6 |
ahu
akapu a
mata kurakura. |
7 |
kihikihi rau mea
a rapa rau renga |
8 |
renga
a tini a
toto renga |
9 |
vai a
mei u(h)i
kapokapo. |
10 |
rua a
ngau a
nua ngirongiro. |
11 |
roro
hau a
mana ai rea. |
12 |
vai
poko aa
raa mata turu |
13 |
ko
te hereke
a kino ariki |
39) |
14 |
hatu
ngoio a
taotao ika. |
15 |
ara
koreu a
pari maehaeha. |
16 |
hanga
kuokuo a
vave renga. |
17 |
Opata
roa a
mana aia. |
18 |
vai
tara kai
u(a) a ngao roaroa a ngao tokotokoa. |
19 |
hia
uka a
hakairiiri a hakaturuturu. |
20 |
hanga
ohiro a
pakipaki renga. |
21 |
ko
roto kahi
a touo renga. |
22 |
ko
papa kahi
a roro. |
23 |
ko
puna a
tuki a
hauhau renga |
24 |
ko
ehu
ko
mahatua a piki rangi a hakakihikihi mahina |
25 |
ko
maunga teatea
a pua katiki. |
26 |
ko
te
hakarava
a hakanohonoho. |
27 |
ko
hanga nui
a te papa tata
ika. |
28 |
ko
tongariki
a henga eha tunu kioe hakaputiti.ai |
|
ka
haka punenenene henua mo opoopo o tau kioe |
29 |
ko
te rano a
raraku. |
30 |
ko
oparingi
a a uuri |
31 |
ko
motu kumu
koka a
kaoa |
40) |
31 |
oparingi
a uuri |
32 |
motu
humu koka
a mare a kaoa. |
33 |
hanga
maihiku a
papa hakakiva. |
34 |
maunga
toatoa a
veri iri haere. |
35 |
ko
te pipi
horeko a
morokiroki. |
36 |
hanga
tetenga a
ure ngorengore |
37 |
ahu
tutae a
hare kava hia.ka hakaruarua ka ha(-) |
|
kauaua
tamai |
38 |
e tai
e hia e. e uta e roi e he toou umu ka tao ka
|
|
maemae
i kona era i kona era i
oroi
aau i ootu ai. |
39 |
akahanga
a hare hakamahangahanga. |
40 |
e raro
e hua
reva e a
veri itiiti a hua a haka(-) |
|
revareva a toka mahina |
41 |
rua
hana a
kiri kanakana. |
42 |
e tai
e puku
hotake e
a te tini i uta te hare |
|
rourou
koveka. |
43 |
vai ngaere
a puku hehaheha |
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. |
42) |
57 |
hanga piko
a hare rutu manu a ana onono a Pu ngotangota. |
58 |
ata Popohanga
toou e to ata hero e |
59 |
ata ahiahi
toou e honu e |
60 |
apina nui
a Papa
nihoniho a vere nua(-) |
|
nua a Papa o rae i te ngao o te moai o hina(-) |
|
riru |
There are 4 (page 38) + 12 (or 10) + 1 (page 40)
+ 1 (page 41) = 18 (or 16) blackmarked ko above. I
guess ko could be a sign meant to signify the opposite of
te, i.e. representing the back side.
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