Then the lamentation ceased, and all the youths (RAP. tanga; or, 'all those assembled', MAO. tanga) had the task of preparing the litter to carry the corpse. They lifted the corpse unto the litter. The men walked up and picked up the litter with the corpse. They carried it and went to Akahanga, to Ahu Ature Ho(a). They arrived and buried her. When that was over, Hotu A Matua sat down again to rest ..."

The full name of the sun king is Hotu A Matua, and hotu means the night of the full moon:

Hotu

Ta.: hotu, to produce fruit, Sa.: fotu, id. Mgv.: akahotu, the September season.

H.: Hoku, Night of the full moon. When this moon set before daylight it was called Hoku Palemo, Hoku that slips away. When it set after daylight it was called Hoku Ili, grounded Hoku. Ka mahina o Hoku, the full moon of the night Hoku. Cf. hōkū, star. Hō kū, star. (PPN fetu'u).

The growing king of Spring Sun 'sat down again to rest', after having produced a 4th and last son and after his Moon Queen had laid down and died ('dropped anchor'):

Aka

1. Anchor: he-hoa te aka, to drop anchor. 2. Root of certain plants (banana tree, taro, sugar-cane). 3. To be paralyzed by surprise.

1. Root; aka totoro, to take root. P Pau., Mq.: aka, root. Ta.: aa, id. 2. (āka) anchor. 3. Causative (haka).

On Hawaii Hoku was the 15th night of the Moon, and counting a further 12 nights ahead we come to number 27 Lono (Rogo):

*1 Hilo*	*7 Ole-ku-kahi*	*14 Akua*	*21 Ole-ku-kahi*	*26 Kane*
*2 Hoaka*	*8 Ole-ku-lua*	*15 Hoku*	*22 Ole-ku-lua*	*27 Lono*
*3 Ku-kahi*	*9 Ole-ku-kolu*	*16 Mahea-lani*	*23 Ole-pau*	*28 Mauli*
*4 Ku-lua*	*10 Ole-pau*	*17 Kulu*	*24 Kaloa-ku-kahi*	*29 Muku*
*5 Ku-kolu*	*11 Huna*	*18 Laau-ku-kahi*	*25 Kaloa-ku-lua*
*6 Ku-pau*	*12 Mohalu*	*19 Laau-ku-lua*
	*13 Hua*	*20 Laau-pau*

Moon has 2 faces and some kind of repetition in structure can be expected from Waxing to Waning Moon. If the Sun King 'inhabits' the 15th night then he (or someone similar) could also be in night number 27. Though we should maybe add 13 nights instead of 12:

*14 Akua*	*26 Kane*	Kane is the twenty-seventh night of the Moon. It was a day of prayer and on the day following, that of Lono, the prayer was freed. That day and the day of Lono are good days for planting potatoes. It is a day of very low tide but joyous for men who fish with lines and for girls who dive for sea-urchins.
*15 Hoku*	*27 Lono*	Lono is the twenty-eight night of the Moon. It is a day for planting crops. The tide is low, the sea calm, the sand is gathered up and returned to its place; in these days the sea begins to wash back the sand that the rough sea has scooped up. This is one account of the night of Lono.

The 'last breath' of the Moon Queen comes in Mauli and in the following night she does not rise:

28 Mauli

Mauli is the last night that the Moon is visible and the name means 'the last breath'. It is a very good day for planting, a day of low tide. 'A sea that gathers up and returns the sand to its place' is the meaning of this single word. The Moon rises just a little before sunrise and it is the twenty-ninth night of the Moon.

29 Muku

Muku is the night on which the Moon does not rise. The name means 'finished' and it refers to the 'dying' of the Moon. It is a day for planting crops, a day of low tide, when the sea gathers up and returns the sand to its place, a day of diving for sea-urchins, small and large, for gathering sea-weed, for line-fishing by children, squid-catching, uluulu [uruuru] fishing, pulu [puru] fishing and so forth. Such is the activity of this day.

The 29th night of the Moon is 'a very good day for planting' (which we know already because it is a Wednesday, a day of Mercury). It should be in this night that the last son of the Sun King (Tuu Hotu Iti) is born.

When the sea 'gathers up and returns the sand to its place' it probably means the sandy beach of white Moon goes down again into the sea. The sandy beach is a piece of land (henua) and the right part of Gb8-2 maybe illustrates how it has vanished:


Gb8-1	Gb8-2 (444)	Gb8-3

On a map of Easter Island the kuhane station One Tea arrives after Tama but before Hanga Takaure, which corresponds, it seems, to the night of Moon when she does not rise (Muku).

Mutu

1. Cut short, shortened, amputated; at an end, ceased; anything cut off short; short, brief, quick (rare). Ua muku ko'u lole, my dress is shortened. He kanaka wāwae muku, a person with amputated foot. Huli muku a'ela nā wa'a, the canoes turned sharply. (PPN mutu.) 2. A measure of length from fingertips of one hand to the elbow of the other arm, when both arms are extended to the side. 3. Broken section of a wave or crest. See lala 1. 4. Same as Mumuku, a wind. 5. Thirtieth night of the moon, when it has entirely disappeared (muku). 6. Starboard ends of 'iako (outrigger booms), hence starboard sides of a canoe.

On the map we should notice the name Hotu-iti which refers to the eastern sector of the island. The youngest son (Tuu Hotu Iti) corresponds to the regenerated Spring Sun - he is the 'little (iti) fruit-producer (hotu)':

Maybe he is illustrated as hua in Gb8-3, with 5 'fire-feathers' at left and 5 at right.