Now when it is evident that the two curved henua could be describing a 'calendar round' (GD25) it is interesting to discover these two similar sequences with one parallel in Aruku Kurenga:

Aa5-68 Aa5-69 (333 + 69 = 402) Aa5-70 Aa5-71 Aa5-72 Aa5-73
Ab7-79 Ab7-80 (580) Ab7-81 Ab7-82 Ab7-83 Ab7-84 (584) Ab8-1
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( 18 * 41) Bb8-34 (421 + 318 = 739) Bb8-35 (740) Bb8-36 (320) Bb8-37

rona

... the emissaries went from the west coast up to the rim of the crater Rano Kau, where Kuukuu had started a yam plantation some time earlier. After they had departed from Pu Pakakina they reached Vai Marama and met a man. Ira asked, 'How many are you?' He answered, 'There are two of us.' Ira continued asking, 'Where is he (the other)?' To that he answered, 'The one died.' Again Ira asked, 'Who has died?' He replied, 'That was Te Ohiro A Te Runu.' Ira asked anew, 'And who are your?' He answered, 'Nga Tavake A Te Rona.' After this, the emissaries and Nga Tavake went to the yam plantation ...  [E:46]

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