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According to Manuscript E the cycle of Makoi measured 60 places (E:38 - E:42). The geography of Easter Island was circumnavigated clockwise and the end (Apina Nui) was close to the beginning (Apina Iti), like alpha and omega.

Or like Furrow and Frond:

... Frond (Coma Berenices & western part of Virgo). The Frond is represented in the heavens by the figure of the goddess Erua

... Number 2 is reiterated in several ways in the text on page E:35. And below the midline of Pachamama (the World Mother) the day circles are drawn double:

... he ea a Ira.he too mai i te moai maea.erua.erua tuitui reipa.te ingoa o tau moai maea era.erua ko apina iti.katahi. ko rapa kura.karua ...

... At the risk of invoking the criticism, 'Astronomers rush in where philologists fear to tread', I should like to suggest that Taku-rua corresponds with the two-headed Roman god Janus who, on the first of January, looks back upon the old year with one head and forward to the new year with the other, and who is god of the threshold of the home as well as of the year... There is probably a play on words in takurua - it has been said that Polynesian phrases usually invoke a double meaning, a common and an esoteric one. Taku means 'slow', the 'back' of anything, 'rim' and 'command'. Rua is a 'pit', 'two' or 'double'. Hence takurua has been translated 'double command', 'double rim', and 'rim of the pit', by different authorities. Taku-pae is the Maori word for 'threshold'... Several Tuamotuan and Society Islands planet names begin with the word Takurua or Ta'urua which Henry translated Great Festivity and which is the name for the bright star Sirius in both New Zealand and Hawaii. The planet names, therefore, represent the final stage in the evolution of takurua which was probably first applied to the winter solstice, then to Sirius which is the most conspicious object in the evening sky of December and January, and was then finally employed for the brilliant and conspicious planets which outshone even the brightest star Sirius. From its association with the ceremonies of the new year and the winter solstice, takurua also aquired the meaning 'holiday' or 'festivity' ...

holding her sacred branch of the Date-palm. Her constellation rises in the autumn months as the dates are ripening on the fronds.

Furrow (Eastern half of Virgo). The Furrow is obviously the origin of our modern Virgo with her familiar ear of barley. The constellation rises in the autumn when the fields have been prepared and are ready to be sown with the coming season's barley seed ...

he otea he ea a Makoi.he oho he tuu ki a(-) It grew light [on the 5th day] and Makoi got up. He set out and came to Apina. When he arrived there he gave the name
pina.he tuu he nape i te ingoa.

E:38

ko apina iti.ko rapa kura.he oho mai 'This is Apina Iti, this is Rapa Kura.'. He went on and came to Hanga O Ua [Uo]. He gave the name 'This is Hanga O Ua [Uo] of the beautiful wave (vave renga).'

Makoi went on, giving names, until he had made a (complete) circle around both sides (of the island).

In Apina Nui a stone (maea) was erected [hakatuu], saying that the naming was done on a (round) trip during a single day.

2  he tuu ki hanga o uo.he nape te ingoa.ko hanga o uo

a vave renga.

he nape he oho a Makoi .i te ingoa.ka vari ro

a arurua.aro i apina nui i hakatuu ai

te maea.etahi no raa.i nape he oho ai.

Vari. 1. Menstruation, period (also: tiko). 2. To tack, to veer (nautical); ku-vari-mai-á te miro, the boat arrives, have veered [around Rano Kau]. Vanaga. About, circumference, to turn in a circle; hakavari, pliant, to bend, square; varivari, about, to go around; vavari, a garland; varikapau, circumference, to surround, a compass, to admire; hiriga varikapau, to go in a ring; pa varikapau, to close in; varitakataka (vari-taka 3) to surround. Churchill. Pau.: Vari, marsh, mire, dirt. Ta.: vari, dirt, mud. Rar.: vari, mud. Churchill. Mgv.: Vari, paste well diluted. Mq.: vaivai, to dilute, to thin. Ha.: waliwali, soft, pasty. Churchill.

Áruáru, reduplication of aaru: to grab firmly. Vanaga. 1. To pursue. P Mgv.: aruaru, to run after, to chase, to follow. Ta.: aruaru, to pursue. 2. To raise in waves, undulation. P Pau.: puhigaru, a bubble of water. Mgv.: garu, foam, froth. Mq.: naú, waves. Ta.: aru, billow, wave, flood. 3. (haruharu). Churchill. Haruharu. To rob, to steal, to arrest, to seize, to cling, to grasp unexpectedly, to take by force; robber (aruaru, aaru). Pau.: haru, to extort, to carry off, to usurp. Ta.: haru, robber, to seize by force. Churchill.

Aro. Face, front, side (of a figure); ki te aro o ..., to the front of ... Vanaga. Presence, body, frontispiece; ki te aro, face to face. P Pau.: aroga, the visage; ki te aroga, opposite. Mgv.: aro, presence, before; i te aro, in the presence of. Mq.: , face, in the presence of, before. Ta.: aro, face, front, presence, view. It is probable that more than one word is confounded in alo. The significations which appear in Southeast Polynesia are most likely derived from a Tongafiti alo and do not appear in Nuclear Polynesia. The alo belly and alo chief which do occur in Nuclear Polynesia are also probably Tongafiti, for in Samoa and Tonga they are honorific and applied only to folk of rank, a good indication of borrowing by the Proto-Samoans from Tongafiti masters. Churchill. In the Hawaiian group, the western portion or side of an island was called 'the front', ke alo, of the land, and the eastern side was called 'the back', ke kua. The reason of such designations must be sought in the fact of the arrival of the inhabitants from the west. Fornander.

... Ira got up, climbed up [he ea], went on, and reached Ruhi Hepii. He drilled a hole into the stone. After the hole was deep enough, he took the ornament (rei) and put it into the hole so that the shiny side (rapa) was turned outward. [He gave the name Ruhi Hepii.] He turned around, climbed down [he turu], went on, and entered the cave of Pu Pakakina. When he arrived there he sat down. The young kinsmen arrived and rested. It grew light. On the second day, Ira said again, 'Go back to riding the waves!'. They all went back out there. Ira got up [he ea a Ira] and again picked up the (second) ornament. He took it [he mau], went on, and came to Apina Nui, drilled a hole into the stone, put the ornament in the hole, with the shiny side [te rapa] to the outside, and gave (the place) the name 'Pu' ... (E34)

3  hanga roa a tuki tukau

Okahu a uka ui hetuu.

MY OWN IDEAS:

Hanga Roa (the Great Bay) for making landfall (tuki) in order to multiply (ku-kau) together with Okahu (oka-hu), the maiden star-watcher (uka ui hetuu).
Tutu. 1. Circle of fishing nets arranged in the shape of a funnels or baskets. 2. To light a fire; he-tutu i te ahi: to burn something. 3. To hit, to strike, to beat. Tûtú, to shake (something) clean of dust or dirt; he-tûtú te oone o te nua, to shake the dirt off a nua cape. Tutuhi, to reject the responsibility for a mistake onto one another, to blame one another for a mistake (see tuhi). Tutuki, to stumble, to trip. O tutuki te va'e, in order not to trip. Tutuma, firebrand, partly burnt stick. Tuturi, to kneel. Vanaga. 1. To beat bark for cloth. PS Pau., Mgv., Mq., Ta.: tutu, id. Sa., To., Fu.: tutu, id. 2. A broom, to sweep, to clean. Mq.: tutu, to beat out the dust. 3. To shake, to winnow. Mgv.: tutu, to tremble, to leap. Mq.: tutu, to shake. 4. To kindle, to light, to ignite, to set fire, to burn. Mq.: tutu, to burn, to set fire. 5. To stand; hakatutu, to set joists. P Mgv., Mq.: tutu, to stand upright. Ta.: tu, id. Tutua (tutu 1): board on which bark is beaten into cloth. PS Mgv.: tutua, a cloth beater. Mq., Ta.: tutua, wood on which cloth is beaten. Sa., Fu.: tutua, id. Tutui: tutui ohio, chain, tutui kura, shawl. Mq.: tuitui kioé, chain. Tutuki: shock, contusion, to run against, to collide; tukukia, to run foul of. P Pau.: tukituki, to strike, to pound, to grind. Mgv.: tukia, to strike against, shock, concussion. Mq.: tutuki, id. Ta.: tui, id. Tutuma: 1. (tutu - ma) a live coal. 2. Tree trunk T (? tumu). Tutumata, ligament of the eye, orbit, eyelid. T (tutumate, eyelid G). Tutuu, bristling. Churchill.

Kau.1. To move one's feet (walking or swimming); ana oho koe, ana kau i te va'e, ka rava a me'e mo kai, if you go and move your feet, you'll get something to eat; kakau (or also kaukau), move yourself swimming. 2. To spread (of plants): ku-kau-áte kumara, the sweet potatoes have spread, have grown a lot. 3. To swarm, to mill around (of people): ku-kau-á te gagata i mu'a i tou hare, there's a crowd of people milling about in front of your house. 4. To flood (of water after the rain): ku-kau-á te vai haho, the water has flooded out (of a container such as a taheta). 5. To increase, to multiply: ku-kau-á te moa, the chickens have multiplied. 6. Wide, large: Rano Kau, 'Wide Crater' (name of the volcano in the southwest corner of the island). 7. Expression of admiration: kau-ké-ké! how big! hare kau-kéké! what a big house! tagata hakari kau-kéké! what a stout man! Vanaga. To bathe, to swim; hakakau, to make to swim. P Pau., Mgv., Mq.: kau, to swim. Ta.: áu, id. Kauhaga, swimming. Churchill.

Kaukau. 1. Horizontal poles of a frame (of a hare paega, or a paina statue): he-hakatu'u te tama o te paina, he-kaukau, they erect the vertical poles of the paina then they lay upon them the horizontal ones. 2. Group of people: e-tahi tuitui reipá i Te Pei, ekó rava'a e-varu kaukau; i-garo ai i Hiva, i te kaiga, a necklace of mother-of-pearl is on te Pei, few will find it (lit: eight groups of people); it has remained in Hiva, in our homeland. 3. To go through, to pass through in unison; he-hogi-mai te ûka i te e'eo o te pua kaukau-á i roto ite hare, the girl smelt the fragrance of the pua wafting inside the house. 4. Newborn baby's first hand and feet movements (kaukau or kau). The five stages of a baby's development are: kaukau, puepe, tahuri, totoro, mahaga. Puepue = said of a newborn baby when, a few weeks old, it begins to distinguish people and objects: ku-puepue-á te poki. Tahuri = of a new-born baby, to move from side to side: ku-tahuri-á te poki. Totoro = to crawl; ki totoro te poki, when the baby crawls. Mahaga = baby when able to stand by itself. Vanaga.

Oka. 1. Lever, pole; to dig holes in the ground with a sharpened stick, as was done in ancient times to plant vegetables; used generally in the meaning of making plantations. 2. The four sideways poles supporting a hare paega. Okaoka, to jab, to pierce, to prick repeatedly. Vanaga. Digging stick, stake, joist; to prick, to pierce, to stick a thing into, to drive into, to slaughter, to assassinate; kona oka kai, plantation; pahu oka, a drawer. Okaoka, a fork, to prick, to dig. Okahia, to prick. Churchill.

Hu. 1. Breaking of wind. T Mgv., uu, to break wind. Mq., Ta.: hu, id. 2. Whistling of the wind, to blow, tempest, high wind. P Pau.: huga, a hurricane. Churchill. Mgv.: hu, to burst, to crackle, to snap. Ha.: hu, a noise. Churchill.

Uka hoa, female friend, companion. Ukauka: 1. Firewood. 2. Leathery, tough. PS Mgv.: ukauka, hard to chew. Mq.: ukakoki, leathery. Ta.: uaua, id. Sa.: u'a, tough, tenacious, glutinous. To.: uka, sticky. Niuē; uka, tough. Viti: kaukamea, metal. Churchill.

 

Diadem (α Corona Berenices) was evidently close to the Full Moon 4 days before Spica:

Hetu erua tagata rere ki te ragi

Hetu 1. To (make) sound; figuratively: famous, renowned. 2. To crumble into embers (of a bonfire). Hetu'u. Star, planet; hetu'u popohaga morning star; hetu'u ahiahi evening star; hetu'u viri meteorite. Vanaga  Hetu 1. Star (heetuu); hetu rere, meteor; hetu pupura, planet. P Pau.: hetu, star. Mgv.: etu, id. Mq.: fetu, hetu, id. Ta.: fetu, fetia, id. The alternative form fetia in Tahiti, now the only one in common use, need not be regarded as an anomaly in mutation. It seems to derive from Paumotu fetika, a planet. Its introduction into Tahiti is due to the fashion of accepting Paumotu vocables which arose when the house of Pomare came into power. 2. Capital letter (? he tu). 3. To amuse. 4. To stamp the feet. Hetuhetu, to calk, to strike the water. Hetuke, sea urchin. Churchill.

Cb8-1 (172 → solstice) Cb8-2 (565 = 392 + 173) Cb8-3
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
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

... Apami-Atsa ('Child of Waters', θ Virginis) at 13h maybe should be contrasted with Apam Napat ('Grandson of Waters') ... θ is on the front of the garment, below the girdle ... Moderns have no name for it, but in the Surya Siddhanta it was Apami-Atsa, the Child of the Waters ... Apam Napat is an eminent figure of the Indo-Iranian pantheon. In Hinduism, Apām Napāt is the god of fresh water, such as in rivers and lakes. In Zoroastrianism, Apąm Napāt is also a divinity of water ... Apām Napāt in Sanskrit and Apąm Napāt in Avestan mean 'grandson of waters' ... Sanskrit and Avestan napāt ('grandson') are cognate to Latin nepōs and English nephew, but the name Apām Napāt has also been compared to Etruscan Nethuns and Celtic Nechtan and Roman Neptune. In Yasht 19 of the Avesta Apąm Napāt appears as the Creator of mankind. Here, there is an evident link between the glory of sovereignty (Khvarenah) and Apąm Napāt who protects Khvarenah as the royal glory of Iranian kings. Apām Napāt is sometimes, for example in Rigveda book 2 hymn 35 verse 3, described as a fire-god who originates in water ... The reference to fire may have originally referred to flames from natural gas or oil seepages surfacing through water, as in a fire temple at Surakhany near Baku in Azerbaijan ... There is a conjecture that the word 'naphtha' came (via Greek, where it meant any sort of petroleum) from the name 'Apampat' ...

Oct 5 6 7 (280)
'Sept 8 9 10 (253 = 280 - 27)
"Aug 25 (237 = 8 * 29½ + 1) Hora iti 26 27
(PAPA O PEA) AHU AKAPU

Here above I have moved Ahu Akapu 1 day ahead, compared to my earlier presentations, in order to make it begin when the Full Moon reached Cb8-3 (→ 24).

Aka. 1. Anchor: he-hoa te aka, to drop anchor. 2. Root of certain plants (banana tree, taro, sugar-cane). 3. To be paralyzed by surprise. Vanaga. 1. Root; aka totoro, to take root. P Pau., Mq.: aka, root. Ta.: aa, id. 2. (āka) anchor. 3. Causative (haka). Churchill.

The Explorers stayed for 2 days in Ahu Akapu and Cb8-6 (→ 48) should therefore correspond to "September 29 when the Full Moon reached Spica.

CLOSE TO THE SUN:
April 5 (365 + 95 = 460) 6 (96 = 80 + 16) 7

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

'March 9 (68) 10 11
"Febr 23 24 25

... The leap day was introduced as part of the Julian reform. The day following the Terminalia (February 23) was doubled, forming the 'bis sextum - literally 'double sixth', since February 24 was 'the sixth day before the Kalends of March' using Roman inclusive counting (March 1 was the 'first day'). Although exceptions exist, the first day of the bis sextum (February 24) was usually regarded as the intercalated or 'bissextile' day since the third century. February 29 came to be regarded as the leap day when the Roman system of numbering days was replaced by sequential numbering in the late Middle Ages ...

te hokohuki te moko vero hia tagata honui e ha mata

Ha. 1. Four. 2. To breathe. Hakaha'a, to flay, to skin. Vanaga. 1. Four. P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: ha, id. 2. To yawn, to gape. 3. To heat. 4. Hakaha, to skin, to flay; unahi hakaha, to scale fish. Mgv.: akaha, to take to pieces, to take off the bark or skin, to strip the leaves off sugarcane. 5. Mgv: ha, sacred, prohibited. Mq.: a, a sacred spot. Sa.: sa, id.  Churchill.

Cb8-4 Cb8-5 (172 + 4) Cb8-6 (177 = 6 * 29½) Cb8-7 (392 + 178 = 570) Cb8-8 (1½ * 314 + 100)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4)

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
71 VIRGINIS (203.6) no star listed (204) HEZE = ζ Virginis (205.0), Southern Pinwheel Galaxy = M83 Hydrae (205.7)

... Proclus informs us that the fox star nibbles continuously at the thong of the yoke which holds together heaven and earth; German folklore adds that when the fox succeeds, the world will come to its end. This fox star is no other than Alcor, the small star g near zeta Ursae Majoris (in India Arundati, the common wife of the Seven Rishis, alpha-eta Ursae ...

Oct 8 (240 + 41) 9 10 11 (364 - 80) 12 (285)
'Sept 11 (354 - 100) 12 13 (256 = 4 * 64) 14 15
"Aug 28 (240) Hora iti 29 30 (242 = 2 * 11 * 11) 31 "Sept 1
AHU AKAPU PU PAKAKINA A IRA
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
April 8 9 10 (100) 11 12
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) δ Phoenicis (21.5) υ Andromedae (22.9)
'March 12 13 14 (73) 15 16
"Febr 26 27 28 (59) 29 "March 1