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Somewhat uncertain is whether the date-determining stars always were heliacal or whether there could have been a sudden shift in mid-year to stars close to the Full Moon.

... When this tremendous task had been accomplished Atea took a third husband, Fa'a-hotu, Make Fruitful. Then occurred a curious event. Whether Atea had wearied of bringing forth offspring we are not told, but certain it is that Atea and her husband Fa'a-hotu exchanged sexes. Then the eyes of Atea glanced down at those of his wife Hotu and they begat Ru. It was this Ru who explored the whole earth and divided it into north, south, east, and west ...

Therefore we ought to add the latter stars to our documentation:

ihe tamaiti kotia - te hokohuki kava haati kiore te hokohuki kua tu te rau hei te moko - te hokohuki

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)

Cb6-5 (146 + 366) Cb6-6 (11 * 11) Cb6-7 (392 + 122) Cb6-8 Cb6-9 Cb6-10 Cb6-11
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

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
TSEEN KE (Heaven's Record) = φ Velorum (149.9) ν Leonis (150.1), π Leonis (150.6) υ² Hydrae (151.8)

Al Jabhah-8 (Forehead) / Maghā-10 (Bountiful) / Sharru-14 (King)

10h (152.2)

AL JABHAH = η Leonis (152.4), REGULUS (Little KIng) = α Leonis (152.7)

*111.0 = *152.4 - *41.4
Aug 14 15 (227) 16 17 18

19

20
'July 18 19 (200) 20 21 22 23 24
"July 4 TE ANAKENA 5 (186) 6 7 8 9 TE ANAKENA 10 (191)

Arkat sha hi-na Shahū-27 (Eastern One in the Tail of the Goat)

ENIF (The Nose) = ε Pegasi, ERAKIS = μ Cephei (329.2), 46 CAPRICORNI, JIH (the Sun) = κ Pegasi (329.3), ι Piscis Austrini (329.4), λ Capricorni (329.6), ν Cephei (329.7), DENEB ALGIEDI δ Capricorni (329.8)

*288.0 = *329.4 - *41.4
θ Piscis Austrini (330.1), λ Oct. (330.7)

KUH (Weeping) = μ Capricorni (331.4), γ Gruis (331.5)

*290.0 = *331.4 - *41.4
no star listed (332)

η Piscis Austrini (333.4)

*292.0 = *333.4 - *41.4

22h (334.8)

KAE UH (Roof) = ο Aquarii (334.0), AL KURHAH (White Spot) = ξ Cephei (334.4), SADALMELIK (Lucky King) = α Aquarii, AL DHANAB (The Tail) = λ Gruis (334.6), ι Aquarii, ν Pegasi (334.7)

*293.0 = *334.4 - *41.4
ι Pegasi (335.0), ALNAIR (The Bright One) = α Gruis (335.1), μ Piscis Austrini, υ Piscis Austrini (335.3), WOO (Pestle) = π Pegasi (335.7), BAHAM = θ Pegasi, τ Piscis Austrini (335.8

... The jaguar learned from the grasshopper that the toad and the rabbit had stolen its fire while it was out hunting, and that they had taken it across the river. While the jaguar was weeping at this, an anteater came along, and the jaguar suggested that they should have an excretory competition. The anteater, however, appropriated the excrement containing raw meat and made the jaguar believe that its own excretions consisted entirely of ants. In order to even things out, the jaguar invited the anteater to a juggling contest, using their eyes removed from the sockets: the anteater's eyes fell back into place, but the jaguar's remained hanging at the top of a tree, and so it became blind. At the request of the anteater, the macuco bird made the jaguar new eyes out of water, and these allowed it to see in the dark. Since that time the jaguar only goes out at night. Having lost fire, it eats meat raw. It never attacks the macuco ...

There was a pair of kings: the Little King (Regulus) and the Lucky King (Sadalmelik). The Lion clearly characterized the hot summer season and Sadalmelik was in the wet winter season. A kind of pillar could be imagined between them, dividing the year into a pair of halves. The celestial dry season evidently ended in Aquarius:

The Sun was at the Tail of the Goat when the Full Moon was at the Head of the Lion. And the Tail of the Goat was at the left shoulder of Aquarius. On Easter Island - where the seasons were 'upside down' - the Full Moon observed at the Head of the Lion ought to have indicated the same season as when north of the equator the Sun was at the Head of the Lion, viz. summer ahead.

When Makoi (Saturn) just before day 186 (= 19 * 29) had anticipated his role to stay on Easter Island by naming places without regard to Hau Maka in Hiva it ought to have pointed at right ascension day *288 (= *654 - *366) at the time of Bharani, viz. when Old Sun had reached Deneb Algiedi (The Tail of the Goat).

... The Julian calendar day Thursday, 4 October 1582 was followed by the first day of the Gregorian calendar, Friday, 15 October 1582 (the cycle of weekdays was not affected) ...

... At the time of Bharani the Sun would have reached Antares in "October 15 (288) ...

Aug 14 (226 = 185 + 41)
*146
Febr 12 (43 = 226 - 183)
*329 = *146 + *183
"July 4 (185)
*105 = *146 - *41
*105 + *183 = *329 - *41
"Jan 3 (368 = 185 + 183)

The glyph type tamaiti could here have indicated a new little Sun ahead.

tamaiti Cb6-5

Tama. 1. Shoot (of plant), tama miro, tree shoot; tama tôa, shoot of sugarcane. 2. Poles, sticks, rods of a frame. 3. Sun rays. 4. Group of people travelling in formation. 5. To listen attentively (with ear, tariga, as subject, e.g. he tama te tariga); e-tama rivariva tokorua tariga ki taaku kî, listen carefully to my words. Tamahahine, female. Tamahine (= tamahahine), female, when speaking of chickens: moa tamahine, hen. Tamâroa, male. Vanaga. 1. Child. P Pau.: tama riki, child. Mgv.: tama, son, daughter, applied at any age. Mq.: tama, son, child, young of animals. Ta.: tama, child. Tamaahine (tama 1 - ahine), daughter, female. Tamaiti, child P Mq.: temeiti, temeii, young person. Ta.: tamaiti, child. Tamaroa, boy, male. P Mgv.: tamaroa, boy, man, male. Mq.: tamaóa, boy. Ta.: tamaroa, id. 2. To align. Churchill. In the Polynesian this [tama na, father in the Efaté language] is distinguished from táma child by the accent tamā or by the addition of a final syllable which automatically secures the same incidence of the accent, tamái, tamana ... Churchill 2