Easily recognized are the seven glyphs of this type found in Tahua. The 'windmill' top is always there. The bottom part is oval and has no 'arms'. As seen in Aa6-21 and Ab4-17, though,
'roots' may occur at the bottom. A 'feather appendix' (a sign of GD19) is a frequent feature of GD18, as exemplified by Ab4-16 and Ab8-45:
Aruku Kurenga (B) A curious variant of GD18 with the upper part changed appears in Ba5-30, Bb2-29 and Bb2-31:
Mamari (C) In a sequence of glyphs parallel with Bb2-29 and Bb2-31 (see above) we find another type of changed upper part, Cb13-29--30:
Ca13-14 is unusual, but may possibly allude to GD18, an impression that is strengthened by the following glyph (Ca13-15):
Échancrée (D) No GD18 glyphs can be seen.
Keiti (E) In Eb7-4 a sign (maybe GD36?) protrudes at left bottom:
In Eb3-22 a similar sign protrudes at right, and a complex with head and open mouth (?) looks down at a little GD37:
The rest of the texts The texts above have been used as a kind of 'test ground' to see if the definitions could be used. For the rest of the texts the same principles have been used, although less stringently. The experiences gained have been relied upon rather than what is written above about what characterizes the glyph type. There may be a few extra glyph added, which would not have been so with a strict application of the written definitions. On the other hand there has been no attempt to ignore glyphs which according to the written definitions ought to belong to the glyph type. |
