The
stars determined the dates in the Sun calendar.
| tagata mau matagi |
ihe toga maa |
ura hia |
tagata maú kihikihi
erua |
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Ura.
Ura, lobster. Ûra, flame, blaze (ûra
ahi), to become furious (with manava as
subject: ku-ûra-á te manava). Úraúra,
bright red. Vanaga. 1. Crayfish, lobster, prawn. P Mgv.:
ura, crayfish. Mq.: uá, lobster. Ta.:
oura, crayfish, lobster. 2. Fire, burning, to be in
flames; uraga, combustion, flame, torch;
hakaura, to cause to glow, to kindle, to light. P
Mgv., Ta.: ura, a flame, to burn. Mq: uá,
id. Uraga, burden, load, weight. Uraura,
vermilion, scarlet. P Pau.: kurakura, red. Mgv.:
uraura, an inflamed countenance. Mq.: uáuá,
red, ruddy. Ta.: uraura, red. Churchill.
Koura. 1. Fry, spawn, roe. 2.
Flea. P Mgv.: ura, crayfish, lobster. Mq.:
koua, ua, id. Ta.: oura, id. The
preface ko to the stem ula distinguishes
the Tongafiti. We therefore assign the word in Rapanui
and Tahiti to a Tongafiti source, in Mangareva to a
Proto-Samoan source, and Marquesas shows both ...
Rapanui is the only language which defines the flea
otherwise than in terms of the louse, commonly
kutufiti the jumping louse. Pediculus is
ancestral in the South Sea, the flea seams to have been
contributed by the first of the explorers. Churchill. |
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| Cb5-4 |
Cb5-5 |
Cb5-6 |
Cb5-7 (101) |
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CLOSE TO THE FULL
MOON: |
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AL TARF (The
End) = β Cancri
(124.3)
RAS ALGETHI (α
Herculis)
|
χ Cancri (125.2),
BRIGHT FIRE
= λ Cancri
(125.4)
*84.0 =
*125.4 - *41.4 |
AVIOR = ε Carinae
(126.4), φ Cancri (126.8)
*85.0 =
*126.4 - *41.4 |
ο Ursa Majoris (127.4)
*86.0 =
*127.4 - *41.4 |
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July 23
(204) |
24 |
25 (193 + 13 = 175 + 31) |
26 |
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"June
12 |
13 (164) |
14 |
TE MARO 15 (531) |
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Counting from the preceding "January 1
this was day 531 (= 365 + 166). In other words Pu
Mahore A Hau Maka O Hiva was at the position of 18
lunar synodic months. Here was 18 * 29½ = 531.
Here was 'the fish Mahore, who was in
a (water) hole to spawn'.
...
he oho mai te kuhane o hau maka.he tomo ki uta ki te
kainga.he ui te kuhane ko te mahore
ka noho i roto i te pu ...
... P
Pau.: kake, to climb, to ascend. Mgv.:
kake, the arrival of
shoals of spawning fish. Mq.: kake, to
climb up a valley ...
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manu kake |
Ga3-1 (60) |
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Ga3-1 (60) |
Ga3-2 (61) |
Ga3-3 |
Ga3-4 |
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CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
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July 23
(204) |
24 |
25 (193 + 13 = 175 + 31) |
26 |
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From Te Maro 15 (166 = 531 - 365) to Te Anakena 5
(186 = 19 * 29 - 365) there were 20 days, which will lead us to August 15 (227 →
π) = "July 5 + 41:
| ihe tamaiti |
kotia - te
hokohuki |
kava haati |
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Tia. (Tiha G) .To sew. T Mgv.:
tia, to prick, to pierce, to stick in.
Churchill. Ta.: tia, the lower belly.
Mq.: tia-kopu, pubes. Ma.: tia,
the lower abdomen. Tiahonu, to piece
together. Mq.: tuhonu, to mend, to patch.
Ma.: tuhonu, to join. Churchill. Mq.:
tiaha, drinking cup. Ha.: kiaha, a
cup, a mug. Tikao, to dig out, to
disembowel. Ma.: tikaro, to dig out of a
hole. Churchill. KIA. s. Haw.,
pillar or inner post of a house supporting the
roof, any kind of pillar or post, a mast of a
vessel; kia-aina, a supporter of the land, a
governor of a province. Marqu., tia, id.
Sam., ti'a, the stick used in
tanga-tia, a man's head (abusively);
tia-pula, taro-tops cut off for planting.
Sunda, tihang. Mal., tiang, a
pillar. Greek, κιων,
a pillar, support of the roof, the identical
sense of the Polynesian usage of the word.
Liddell and Scott give no etymology or
connections of κιων.
(Fornander) |
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Cb6-5 (512 = 146 + 366) |
Cb6-6 (121 = 11 * 11) |
Cb6-7 (392 + 122 = 514) |
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CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
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Rishu A.-13 (Head of the Lion)
ψ Leonis (146.4),
RAS ELASET AUSTRALIS = ε Leonis
(146.6)
*105.0 = *146.4 - *41.4 |
VATHORZ PRIOR =
υ
Carinae
(147.9) |
υ¹
Hydrae (148.4),
RAS ELASET BOREALIS (Northern Head of the Lion)
=
μ
Leonis
(148.7)
*107.0 = *148.4 - *41.4 |
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Aug
14 |
15
(227) |
16 |
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'July 18 |
19
(200) |
20 |
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"July 4 |
TE ANAKENA 5
(186) |
6 |
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CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
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Ga3-23 |
Ga3-24 |
Ga4-1 (84) |
There were no lions on Easter Island, but there were
sharks:
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mago |
Head of the Lion |
Mago. Spotted dogfish, small shark. Vanaga.
Mogo, shark. P Pau.: mago, id. Mgv.
mago, id. Mq. mano, mako, mono, moko
id. T. maó, id. In addition to this list the
word is found as mago in Samoa, Maori, Niuē,
and in Viti as mego.
It is only in Rapanui and the Marquesas that we
encounter the variant mogo.
Churchill.
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