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The Tama station - He Ika Kino, the Bad 'Fish' - was underlined (so to say) by the dream soul who here omitted any reference to Hau Maka in Hiva:

Nga Kope Ririva Tutuu Vai

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365

A Te Taanga

Te Pu Mahore

1

- 13

- 378

 A Hau Maka O Hiva

Te Poko Uri

2

- 26

- 391

 A Hau Maka I [Sic!] Hiva

Te Manavai

3

- 39

- 404

A Hau Maka O Hiva

Te Kioe Uri

4

- 52

- 417

Te Piringa Aniva

5

- 65

- 430

Te Pei

6

- 78

- 443

Te Pou

7

- 91

- 456

Hua Reva

8

- 104

- 469

Akahanga

9

- 117

- 482

Hatinga Te Kohe

10

- 130

- 495

Roto Iri Are

11

- 143

- 508

Tama He Ika Kino He Ihu Roroa

12

- 156

- 521

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One Tea

13

- 169

- 534

A Hau Maka O Hiva

Hanga Takaure

14

- 182

- 547

Poike

15

- 195

- 560

Pua Katiki

16

- 208

- 573

Maunga Teatea

17

- 221

- 586

Mahatua

18

- 234

- 599

Taharoa

19

- 247

- 612

Hanga Hoonu

20

- 260

- 625

Rangi Meamea

21

- 273

- 638

Peke Tau O Hiti

22

- 286

- 651

Maunga Hau Epa

23

- 299

- 664

Oromanga

24

- 312

- 677

Hanga Moria One

25

- 325

- 690

Papa O Pea

26

- 338

- 703

Ahu Akapu

27

- 351

- 716

Te Pito O Te Kainga

28

- 364

- 729

Tama was evidently the name of a peninsula south of Rano Raraku:

And Poike One Tea is marked on modern maps as a peninsula further to the east.

On the map of Métraux it looks as if Tama could be the whole great peninsula ending at the point he named Hanga-tuuhata.

Perhaps this prominent point was referred to in the name Tama He Ika Kino He Ihu Roroa.

Ihu. 1. Nose; ihu more, snub nose, snub-nosed person. 2. Ihuihu cape, reef; ihuihu - many reefs, dangerous for boats. 3. Ihu moko, to die out (a family of which remains only one male without sons); koro hakamao te mate o te mahigo, he-toe e-tahi tagata nó, ina aana hakaara, koîa te me'e e-kî-nei: ku-moko-á te ihu o te mahigo, when the members of family have died and there remains only one man who has no offspring, we say: ku-moko-á te ihu o te mahigo. To disappear (of a tradition, a custom), me'e ihu moko o te tagata o te kaiga nei, he êi, the êi is a custom no longer in use among the people of this island. 4. Eldest child; first-born; term used alone or in conjunction with atariki. Vanaga. 1. Nose, snout, cape T (iju G). Po ihuihu, prow of a canoe. P Pau.: ihu, nose. Mgv.: ihu, nose; mataihu, cape, promontory. Mq., Ta.: ihu, nose, beak, bowsprit. Ihupagaha, ihupiro, to rap on the nose, to snuffle. 2. Mgv.: One who dives deep. Ta.: ihu, to dive. Churchill. Sa.: isu, nose, snout, bill. Fu., Fakaafo, Aniwa, Manahiki: isu, the nose. Nuguria; kaisu, id. Fotuna: eisu, id. Moiki: ishu, id. To., Niuē, Uvea, Ma., Ta., Ha., Mq., Mgv., Pau., Rapanui, Tongareva, Nukuoro: ihu, id. Rarotonga: putaiu, id. Vaté: tus, id. Viti: uthu, nose. Rotumā: isu, id. ... usu and ngusu ... serve as transition forms, usu pointing to isu the nose in Polynesia and ngusu to ngutu the mouth, which is very near, nearer yet when we bear in mind that ngutu the mouth is snout as well and that isu the nose is snout too ... Churchill 2.

And as to Hanga-tuuhata the part carrying the basic meaning seems to be hata:

Hata. 1. Table, bureau. P Pau.: afata, a chest, box. Mgv.: avata, a box, case, trunk, coffin. Mq.: fata, hata, a piece of wood with several branches serving as a rack, space, to ramify, to branch; fataá, hataá, stage, step, shelf. Ta.: fata, scaffold, altar. 2. Hakahata, to disjoint; hakahatahata, to loosen, to stretch. P Pau.: vata, an interval, interstice. Mgv.: kohata, the space between two boards, to be badly joined; akakohata, to leave a space between two bodies badly joined; hakahata, to be large, broad, wide, spacious, far off. Mq.: hatahata, fatafata, having chinks, not tightly closed, disjointed. Ta.: fatafata, open. 3. Hatahata, calm, loose, prolix, vast. Mgv.: hatahara, broad, wide, spacious, at one's ease. Ta.: fatafata, free from care. Mq.: hatahata, empty, open. 4. Hatahata, tube, pipe, funnel. Churchill. Sa.: fata, a raised house in which to store yams, a shelf, a handbarrow, a bier, a litter, an altar, to carry on a litter; fatāmanu, a scaffold. To.: fata, a loft, a bier, a handbarrow, to carry on a bier; fataki, a platform. Fu.: fata, a barrow, a loft; fatataki, two sticks or canes attached to each other at each side of a house post to serve as a shelf. Niuē: fata, a cage, a handbarrow, a shelf, a stage, (sometimes) the upper story of a house. Uvea: fata, a barrow, a bier. Fotuna: fata, a stage. Ta.: fata, an altar, a scaffold, a piece of wood put up to hang baskets of food on; afata, a chest, a box, a coop, a raft, a scaffold. Pau.: fata, a heap; afata, a box, a chest. Ma.: whata, a platform or raised storehouse for food, an altar, to elevate, to support. Moriori: whata, a raft. Mq.: fata, hata, hataá, shelves. Rapanui: hata, a table. Ha.: haka, a ladder, an artificial henroost; alahaka, a ladder. Mg.: ata, a shelf; atamoa, a ladder; atarau, an altar. Mgv.: avata, a coffer, a box. Vi.: vata, a loft, a shelf; tāvata, a bier. The Samoan fata is a pair of light timbers pointed at the ends and tied across the center posts of the house, one in front, the other behind the line of posts; rolls of mats and bales of sennit may be laid across these timbers; baskets or reserved victuals may be hung on the ends. The litter and the barrow are two light poles with small slats lashed across at intervals. The Marquesan fata is a stout stem of a sapling with the stumps of several branches, a hat tree in shape, though found among a barehead folk. These illustrations are sufficient to show what is the common element in all these fata identifications, light cross-pieces spaced at intervals. With this for a primal signifaction it is easy to see how a ladder, a raft, a henroost, an altar come under the same stem for designation. Perhaps Samoan fatafata the breast obtains the name by reason of the ribs; it would be convincing were it not that the plumpness of most Samoans leaves the ribs a matter of anatomical inference. Churchill 2.

 

JULY 31 AUG 1 2 (214) 3 4 (*136) 5 6
Ga5-22 Ga5-23 Ga5-24 Ga5-25 (500 - 135) Ga5-26 (136) Ga5-27 Ga5-28
δ Muscae (196.5), VINDEMIATRIX (Grape Gatherer) = ε Virginis (196.8)

13h (197.8)

ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9
APAMI-ATSA (Child of Waters) = θ Virginis, ψ Hydrae (198.5), DIADEM = α Com. Ber. (198.9

AL DAFĪRAH (Tuft) = β Com. Ber. (199.4)

*158.0 = *199.4 - *41.4

σ Virginis (200.4)

*159.0 = *200.4 - *41.4

γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4)

*160.0 = *201.4 - *41.4

Al Simāk-12 (Lofty) / Chitra-14 (Bright One) / Horn-1 (Crocodile) / Sa-Sha-Shirū-20 (Virgin's Girdle) / ANA-ROTO-3 (Middle pillar)

MIZAR = ζ Ursae Majoris (202.4), SPICA = α Virginis, ALCOR = 80 Ursae Majoris (202.7)

SADALMELIK (α Aquarii)

*161.0 = *202.4 - *41.4
Tama He Ika Kino He Ihu Roroa (144-156) One Tea (157-169)
Oct 3 4 5 6 7 (*200) 8 9 (282)
°Sep 30 °Oct 1 2 3 (275) 4 (*196) 5 6
'Sept 6 7 (250) 8 9 10 11 12 (*175)
"Aug 23 24 (4 * 59) 25 (237) Hora Iti 26 (251) 27 28 Hora Iti 29 (254)
135 136 = 236 - 100 137 = 214 - 77 138 139 140 141 = 282 - 141

... On the twentieth day of the month of August ('Hora Iti') they went to Papa O Pea. They all went and came to Papa O Pea, looked around in Papa O Pea, and gave the name 'Papa O Pea A Hau Maka'. They stayed five days in Papa O Pea. On the twenty-sixth day of the month of August ('Hora Iti') they went from Papa O Pea to Ahu Akapu. They all went and reached Ahu Akapu. They looked around and gave the name 'Ahu Akapu A Hau Maka'. They also saw (all of) Te Pito O Te Kainga, looked around, and gave (the whole island) the name 'Te Pito O Te Kainga A Hau Maka'. [E:30]

They made camp [he noho] and rested [he hakaora] at Ahu Akapu for two days. On the twenty-ninth day of the month of August ('Hora Iti') they went on to Pu Pakakina. They arrived, remained there, and gave the name 'Pu Pakakina A Ira'. They remained one month in Pu Pakakina. [E:31]

... 232 ("August 20) + 10 + 2 = 244 (Hora Iti 20), I suppose. ... 1842 (my assumed epoch for rongorongo) - 1582 (birth of the Gregorian calendar) = 260 and 260 / 133 = ca 2 days. I.e., "August 1 (213) could in my assumed Julian calendar of the Explorers have been Hora Iti 13 (225). 15 * 15 = 225 = 213 + 10 (lost days in 1582) + 2 ... This means 244 (Hora Iti 20) + 5 (five days in Papa O Pea) = 249 → right ascension day of Antares at the time of rongorongo ... 249 (right ascension day of Antares at the time of rongorongo) + 2 (days at Ahu Akapu) = 251 (Hora Iti 26), and then 251 + 29 (one month in Pu Pakakina) = 280 (40 weeks).

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
JAN 30 31 FEBR 1 2 3 4 (400) 5 (36)
no star listed (14)

1h (15.2)

β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), η Ceti, ζ Phoenicis (15.7)

Al Batn Al Hūt-26 (Belly of the Fish) / Revati-28 (Prosperous) / 1-iku (Field Measure)

MIRACH (Girdle) = β Andromedae, KEUN MAN MUN (Camp's South Gate) = φ Andromedae (16.0), ANUNITUM = τ Piscium (16.5), REVATI (Abundant) = ζ Piscium (16.9)

 REGULUS (α Leonis)

ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6)

*342.0  = *383.4 - *41.4

= *159.0 + *183.0
no star listed (18) ADHIL (Garment's Train) = ξ Andromedae (19.3), θ Ceti (19.7) KSORA (Knee) = δ Cassiopeiae (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8)
April 4 5 (460) 6 7 8 9 (*384) 10 (100)
°March 31 °April 1 (91) 2 3 4 5 6 (*16)
'March 8 9 10 (*354) 11 12 13 (72) 3-14
"Febr 22 (53) TERMINALIA 24 (*340) 25 26 27 28
*238 *239 *340 - *100 *241 *242 *384 - *141 *244

The addition of 10 (lost days in 1582 AD) + 2 (day difference since then) = 12 will explain that when Hotu A Matua arrived to Easter Island the day number was not 288 ("October 15) but 300 (Tangaroa Uri 15).

SEPT 20 (*183) 21 EQUINOX 23 (266) 24 25
Ga7-14 Ga7-15 Ga7-16 Ga7-17 (186) Ga7-18 (103 + 84) Ga7-19

Heart-5 (Fox)

σ Scorpii (247.0), HEJIAN = γ Herculis (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7)
ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), KAJAM (Club) = ω Herculis (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), SHE LOW (Market Tower) = υ Ophiuchi, Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8)

Al Kalb-16 (The Heart) / Jyeshtha-18 (Eldest) / ANA-MUA-1 (Entrance pillar)

ANTARES = α Scorpii (249.1), MARFIK (Elbow)  = λ Ophiuchi, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)
γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)
JULY 2 (183) 83 SEPT 24 (267)

11h (167.4)

χ Leonis, χ¹ Hydrae (167.1), χ² Hydrae (167.3)

*167.4 - *41.4 = *126.0
HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0)
Nov 23 (327) 24 25 26 (*250) 27 28
°Nov 19 20 (324) 21 22 (*246) 23 24
'Oct 27 (300) 28 29 (*222) 30 31 'Nov 1
"Oct 13 14 Tagaroa Uri 15 (300 = 573 - 273) 16 17 (290 = 302 - 12) 18
327 - 141 = 186 187 188 189 = 266 - 77 290 - 100 (177 + 396) / 3

The tresses of Pachamama (the World Mother) can be counted as 182 + 214 = 396 and her trousers can be counted as 177. Together this makes 573. Which implies 5 * 73 = 365 = 573 - 3 * 91.

The important star which according to the epoch of rongorongo was at right ascension day 191 was Porrima. 80 +191 - 41 + 10 + 2 = 242 (= 11 * 22) = number of glyphs on side b of the G tablet).