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1. Metoro has given us many clues, for instance by his mama for the glyph type which occurs at the end of Wednesday:

Hb9-33 Hb9-34 Hb9-35 Hb9-36 Hb9-37 Hb9-38

The 29th night of the Moon opens (mama) the new month. Hakamama ('make opening') is to yawn:

Mama

1. To chew. 2. To mouth-feed (arch.) he-mama i te vai tôa koia ko te tiapito kiroto ki te haha o te poki, she mouth-feeds the child with sugarcane juice together with tiapito juice. 3. A sea mollusc (with an eight-horned shell). Vanaga.

1. To leak, to ooze, (maamaa). P Pau., Mgv., Ta.: mama, id. 2. To chew. P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: mama, id. 3. Light not heavy, (maamaa). P Mgv., Ta.: mama, id. 4. A limpet (Chiton magnificus). Mgv., Mq., mama, a shellfish. 5. To open the mouth; hakamama, to yawn, to gape, to be ajar. Pau.: hamama, to open. Mgv.: akamama, to burst open. Ta.: haamama, to open. Mq.: haámama, to open the mouth. 6. Ta.: mama-orero, conclusion of a council. Ha.: mama, to finish, to have done with a thing. Churchill.

Ohiro is night number 1 and also night number 29 (= 1 + 4 * 7). Maybe the 4 chevron marks in Hb9-38 is referring to the fact that there are 4 * 7 = 28 nights with Moon shining in a month. If we count 1 week for each chevron mark there will be 400 * 7 = 2800 nights in the tresses of Pachamama. The distribution of them is not random, with 185.5 being close to the number of days in half a year:

counting the tresses from right to left:
1 27 8 29
2 26 9 30.5
3 26.5 10 31
4 26.5 11 34
5 26.5 12 31
6 27 13 30
7 26 14 29
sum 185.5 sum 214.5
total = 400