Obviously the 8th month (Te Hetu'u Pú) is a 'snaky' month.
1. To come forward to greet someone met on the
road; to walk in front, to go in front: ka-pú a mu'a, let
them go first. 2. Pú a mu'a, to intervene, to come to
someone's rescue; he-pú-mai a mu'a, he-moaha, he came to my
rescue and saved my life. 3. Ancient expression: ai ka-pú, ai
ka-pú, tell us frankly what you think. 4. Hole, opening,
orifice; well; circumference, rotundity; swirling water; pú-haga,
vaginal orifice; pú-henua (also just henua),
placenta. He pú henua nó te me'e aau, he-oti-á; ina-á me'e
ma'u o te rima i-topa-ai koe, a placenta was all you had, it is
a past thing now; you held nothing in your hands when you were born
(stern words said to children to make them realize that they must
not be demanding, since they were born naked and without
possessions). 5. To dig out (tubers): he-pú i te uhi, to dig
out yams. Vanaga.
1. A trumpet. 2. A small opening, hole, mortise,
stirrup, to pierce, to perforate, to prick; pu moo naa,
hiding place; taheta pu, fountain, spring; hakapu, to
dowel, to pierce, to perforate. Churchill. |
I find especially 'taheta pu, fountain, spring ...' thought provoking.
We should be at spring, not at autumn. That the 8th month is located at autumn I
have tried to establish earlier.
It seems that we once again should consider the possibility that
Easter Island has 'inherited' the names of the months from an island
north of the equator. |