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A straight line has been drawn inside the head of the 'shark' (mago) in Ga2-14, which is a Strong Sign surely intended to draw attention.

... Only the outline of an object or a 'person' should be drawn according to the rongorongo rules of writing. In this respect the rongorongo system evidently stands in opposition to the Mayan glyphs, where the inside is very detailed. A few random examples:

Mayan glyphs

Rongorongo glyphs

This line is abruptly ending at what should be an apex, possibly due to its location in Roman times:

MAY 3 4 5 (*45) 6 7 (127)
Ga2-13 Ga2-14 Ga2-15 (45) Ga2-16 Ga2-17 (19 + 28 = 47)
CLOSE TO THE SUN:

WEZEN (Weight) = δ Canis Majoris (107.1), τ Gemini (107.7), δ Monocerotis (107.9)

no star listed (108)

λ Gemini (109.4), WASAT (Middle) = δ Gemini (109.8)

*68.0 = *109.4 - *41.4
no star listed (110)

ALUDRA (Virgin) = η Canis Majoris (111.1), PROPUS = ι Gemini (111.4),  GOMEISA (Water-eyed) = β Canis Minoris (111.6)

*70.0 = *111.4 - *41.4
July 6 7 (188) 8 9 10
°July 2 3 (184) 4 5 6 (*107)
'June 9 10 (161) 11 12 13 (*84)

... The month, which takes its name from Juppiter the oak-god, begins on June 10th and ends of July 7th. Midway comes St. John's Day, June 24th, the day on which the oak-king was sacrificially burned alive. The Celtic year was divided into two halves with the second half beginning in July, apparently after a seven-day wake, or funeral feast, in the oak-king's honour ...

"May 26

27 28 (148) 29 30 (*70)
DAY 107 - 64 = 43 44 45 46 (= 366 - 320) 47
43 Vai Ngaere 44 E Tai E Teho E

ka tao tauu ngu

e po e kiko e ka tutu toou oone

45 Vai Ngaere

a puku hehaheha

46 E Hue E Renga Havini E

 ka rangi atu koe kia nua

kia motu roa ka vere mai taau taueve miritonu

47 E Tai E

hare hakangaengae i te tahu hanga rikiriki

... Again the additional text contains commands: 'Call out to the mother (over there), to Motu Roa! Tear out the closure of your earth-oven made from seaweeds!' ...

Ragi. Ra'i, T. 1. Sky. 2. Palace. 3. Prince. Henry. 1. Sky, heaven, firmament; ragi moana, blue sky. 2. Cloud; ragipuga, cumulus; ragitea, white, light clouds; ragi poporo, nimbus; ragi hoe ka'i cirrus (literally: like sharp knives); ragi viri, overcast sky; ragi kerekere, nimbus stratus; ragi kirikiri miro, clouds of various colours. 3. To call, to shout, to exclaim. Vanaga. 1. Sky, heaven, firmament, paradise; no te ragi, celestial. 2. Appeal, cry, hail, formula,  to invite, to send for, to notify, to felicitate, precept, to prescribe, to receive, to summon; ragi no to impose; ragi tarotaro, to menace, to threaten; tagata ragi, visitor; ragikai, feast, festival; ragitea, haughty, dominating. 3. Commander. 4. To love, to be affectionate, to spare, sympathy, kind treatment; ragi kore, pitiless; ragi nui, faithful. Churchill. Modoc, a language used on the northwest coast of North America: 'A single word, lagi, was used both for the chief and for a rich man who possessed several wives, horses, armour made of leather or wooden slats, well-filled quivers and precious firs. In addition to owning these material assets, the chief had to win military victories, possess exceptional spiritual powers and display a gift for oratory.' (The Naked Man)

Vere. 1. Beard, moustache (vede G); vere gutu, moustache; verevere, shaggy, hairy, tow, oakum. Mgv.: veri, bristly, shaggy, chafed (of a cord long in use). Mq.: veevee, tentacles. Ta.: verevere, eyelash. 2. To weed (ka-veri-mai, pick, cut-grass T); verevere, to weed. P Mgv.: vere, to weed. Mq.: veéveé, vavee, id. 3. Verega, fruitful, valuable; verega kore, unfruitful, valueless, contemptible, vain, futile, frivolous; tae verega, insignificant, valueless; mataku verega kore, scruple. Mgv.: verega, a design put into execution; one who is apte, useful, having a knowledge how to do things. 4. Ta.: verevere, pudenda muliebria. Ma.: werewere, id. (labia minora). Churchill. Sa.: apungaleveleve, apongaleveleve, a spider, a web. To.: kaleveleve, a large spider. Fu.: kaleveleve, a spider, a web. Niuē: kaleveleve, a cobweb. Nukuoro: halaneveneve, a spider. Uvea: kaleveleve, a spider. Mgv.: pungaverevere, a spider. Pau.: pungaverevere, cloth. Mg.: pungaverevere, a cobweb. Ta.: puaverevere, id. Mao.: pungawerewere, puawerewere, puwerewere, a spider. Ha.: punawelewele, a spider, a web. Mq.: pukaveevee, punaveevee, id. Vi.: lawa, a fishing net; viritālawalawa, a cobweb; butalawalawa, a spider. Churchill 2.

Eve. 1. Placenta, afterbirth (eeve). T Pau.: eve, womb. Ta.: eve, placenta. Ma.: ewe, id. Haw.: ewe, navel string. 2. The rear; taki eeve, the buttocks; hakahiti ki te eeve, to show the buttocks; pupuhi eve, syringe. 3. The bottom of the sea. Churchill.

The flexible character of Castor was followed by the strong beak of Pollux in the east.

In the morning of the world, there was nothing but water. The Loon was calling, and the old man who at that time bore the Raven's name, Nangkilstlas, asked her why. 'The gods are homeless', the Loon replied. 'I'll see to it', said the old man, without moving from the fire in his house on the floor of the sea. Then as the old man continued to lie by his fire, the Raven flew over the sea. The clouds broke. He flew upward, drove his beak into the sky and scrambled over the rim to the upper world. There he discovered a town, and in one of the houses a woman had just given birth ...

When Antares was culminating (at 21) this should have indicated that the Sun was turning into - to become like or to be - Castor.

'From now on', said Father Sun, grieving over Phaeton, his fallen child, 'you shall be Mink'. What meaning can this have for us? For such an understanding between men and men, and other living creatures too, we would need the kind of help King Arthur had at hand: 'Gwryr Interpreter of Tongues, it is meet that thou escort us on this quest. All tongues hast thou, and then canst speak all languages of men, with some of the birds and beasts.' This ability was also attributed to Merlin and Gwyon, those masters of cosmological wisdom whose names resound through the legends of the Middle Ages. In general, all fabulous communication was conceived as having such a range, not merely the Aesopian fable with is flat, all-too-wordly wisdom.

MAY 8 9 10 (130) 11 12 13 (*53)
Ga2-18 Ga2-19 Ga2-20 (50) Ga2-21 Ga2-22 Ga2-23

ρ Gemini (?) (112.1), Eskimo Nebula = NGC2392 Gemini (112.2)

 

ANTARES (α Scorpii)

Al Dhirā'-5 (Forearm) / Punarvasu-7 (Doublegood Pair) / Mash-mashu-Mahrū-10 (Western One of the Twins)

CASTOR (Beaver) = α Gemini

*113.4 = *41.4 + *72.0

ANA-TAHUA-VAHINE-O-TOA-TE-MANAVA-7 (Pillar for elocution)

υ Gemini (114.0), MARKAB PUPPIS = κ Puppis (114.7), ο Gemini (114.8), PROCYON = α Canis Minoris (114.9)

α Monocerotis (115.4), σ Gemini (115.7)

*74.0 = *115.4 - *41.4

Mash-mashu-arkū-11 (Eastern One of the Twins)

κ Gemini (116.1), POLLUX = β Gemini (116.2), π Gemini (116.9)
AZMIDISKE = ξ Puppis (117.4)

*76.0 = *117.4 - *41.4

 

... In Hindu legend there was a mother goddess called Aditi, who had seven offspring. She is called 'Mother of the Gods'. Aditi, whose name means 'free, unbounded, infinity' was assigned in the ancient lists of constellations as the regent of the asterism Punarvasu. Punarvasu is dual in form and means 'The Doublegood Pair'. The singular form of this noun is used to refer to the star Pollux. It is not difficult to surmise that the other member of the Doublegood Pair was Castor. Then the constellation Punarvasu is quite equivalent to our Gemini, the Twins. In far antiquity (5800 B.C.) the spring equinoctial point was predicted by the heliacal rising of the Twins ...

July 11 12 (193) 13 (*114) 14 15 16
°July 7 8 9 10 11 (*112) 12 (193)
'June 14 15 16 17 (168) 18 19 (*90)
"May 31 Te Maro 1 2 3 (154) 4 5

On the twenty-fifth day [raa] of the first month ('Vaitu Nui'), Ira and Makoi set sail; on the first day [te raa po rae] of the month of June ('Maro'), the bow [te ihu] of Ira's canoe touched land again. (E:17) - i te raa po rae o te.maro.i tomo ai te ihu o te vaka.o Ira.

DAY 112 - 64 = 48 49 50 51 52 53
48 Hanga O Maru

a vave paupau

49 E Uta E

maunga marengo e kaa hohora toou kahu ritorito ka romiromi mai

50 Ko Hanga Te Pau A Ira

 

51 Rano Kau

te takitoka hakapiri te vaenga te mukomuko

52 Mataveri O Uta

 a hare paenga

53 Mataver(i) O Tai

a taura akavenga nuahine

Barthel (p. 87) "The 'bay of shadows' could not be located, nor is there any information about the additional name 'twisted wave' ... Spread out [hohora] your bright cape! Smooth out its wrinkles! (or, 'fold it up again'? romiromi, compare also TAH. 'to hide')."

Maru. Samoa: malū, gentle, easy, soft. Tonga: malu, loose, soft, mild, easy. Uvea, Nukuoro: malu, tender, soft. Hawaii: malu, quiet. Futuna: malŭ, tender. Nuguria: maru, soft. Tahiti: maru, soft, gentle, easy. Paumotu: hakamaru, to grow milder. Rapanui: maruaki, to decay. Churchill 2. Maru a Pó in Tahiti was another [in addition to Ovakevake, Hiva and Maori] 'place where ákuáku supposedly lived before coming here'. Vanaga. The Maori used the same word for both solstices, marua-roa, 'long pit', and applied the term also to the month or season during which the Sun passed through its most northerly or southerly declination. A qualifying word such as takurua, 'winter', or o-rongo-nui, 'summer', was usually appended to denote which solstice was meant. When no explanatory word was added marua-roa seems to have signified the winter solstice... Makemson. Viti: malua, to go gently, to be in no hurry, by-and-by; vakamalua, gently. Churchill 2. Maruaki, to feel hungry, to be starving, hunger; he-topa te maruaki, to feel hungry. Vanaga. Maruaki, appetite, desire to eat, greedy, hunger, fasting, famine, weak from hunger, dearth, stavation; hakamaruaki, to starve; we note in Motu maro, famine, dearth. Churchill. Maruaki, to decay. Churchill 2. Marumaru, shady; ka-oho ki te kona marumaru, go in the shade. Vanaga. Marumaru, shade, thicket, somber, umbrella; koona marumaru, sheltered spot, copse; hakamaru, to cover with shade; hakamarumaru, to shade. P Pau.: hakamaru, to shadow. Mgv.: maru, shade, shadow, obscurity. Mq.: maú, shade, shadow, shelter. Ta.: maru, shade. Churchill.

Vave. Water in motion, a long wave; pokopoko vave, trough of the sea; tai vave, rough sea; vave kai kohe, unapproachable. Churchill. Pau.: A fringing reef. Mgv.: taivave, a rolling billow. Ta.: vavea, a towering billow. Churchill.

Uta. Higher up (from the coast, or from another place); i uta era, further up, up there; ki î te îka i uta, as there are lots of fish on the beach. Vanaga. 1. Inland, landward; paepae ki uta, to strand, to run aground; mouku uta, herbage. 2. To carry; uta mai, to import; hakauta, to give passage. Campbell.

Pau. 1. To run out (food, water): ekó pau te kai, te vai, is said when there is an abundance of food or water, and there is no fear of running out. Puna pau, a small natural well near the quarry where the 'hats' (pukao) were made; it was so called because only a little water could be drawn from it every day and it ran dry very soon. 2. Va'e pau, clubfoot. Paupau:  Curved. Vanaga. 1. Hakapau, to pierce (cf. takapau, to thrust into). Pau.: pau, a cut, a wound, bruised, black and blue. 2. Resin. Mq.: epau, resin. Ta.: tepau, gum, pitch, resin. (Paupau) Hakapaupau, grimace, ironry, to grin. 3. Paura (powder), gunpowder. 4. Pau.: paupau, breathless. Ta.: paupau, id. 5. Ta.: pau, consumed, expended. Sa.: pau, to come to an end. Ma.: pau, finished. 6. Ta.: pau, to wet one another. Mq.: pau, to moisten. Churchill. Paua or pāua is the Māori name given to three species of large edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs which belong to the family Haliotidae (genus Haliotis), known in the USA as abalone, and in the UK as ormer shells ... Wikipedia

kahu
kahi

Kahu. Clothing, dress, habit, cloth, curtain, vestment, veil, shirt, sheet; kahu hakaviri, shroud; kahu nui, gown; rima o te kahu, sleeve; kahu rahirahi, muslin; hare kahi, tent; horega kahu, shirt; hakarivariva ki te kahu, toilet; rakai ki te kahu, toilet; patu ki te kahu, to undress; kahu oruga, royal sail; kahu hakatepetepe, jib; kahu nui, foresail; hakatopa ki te kahu, to set sail; (hecki keho, canvas T.) P Pau.: kahu, dress, garment, native cloth. Mgv.: kahu, cloth, stuff, garment, clothing. Mq.: kahu, habit, vestment, stuff, tunic. Ta.: ahu, cloth in general, vestment, mantle. Chuchill.

The distance from the Western One of the twins to the Eastern One was 3 days, which we can compare with the fact that there were 3 days also from the Front of the Head of Ku to the Back of the Head of Ku:

BABYLONIAN ECLIPTIC CONSTELLATIONS:
1 Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku Front of the Head of Ku β (Sheratan), γ (Mesarthim) Arietis 27.4 April 17 (107)
2 Arku-sha-rishu-ku Back of the Head of Ku α (Hamal) Arietis 30.5 April 20 (110)
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10 Mash-mashu-Mahrū Western One of the Twins α (Castor) Gemini 113.4 July 12 (193)
11 Mash-mashu-arkū Eastern One of the Twins β (Pollux) Gemini 116.2 July 15 (196)

196 (July 15) - 110 (April 20) = 86 and 86 / 2 = 43, i.e. April 17 (107) + 43 = 150 could represent a place where there was a reversal:

MARCH 24 25 (84) 26 (*5) 27
Ga1-3 Ga1-4 Ga1-5 Ga1-6
no star listed (67) Rohini-4 (Red One) / Pidnu-sha-Shame-4 (Furrow of Heaven) / ANA-MURI-2 (Rear pillar - at the foot of which was the place for tattooing)

ALDEBARAN = α Tauri (68.2), THEEMIN = υ² Eridani (68.5)

no star listed (69) no star listed (70)
May 27 28 (148) 29 30 (*70)
°May 23 24 (144) 25 (*65) 26
'April 30 'May 1 (121) 2 (*42) 3
16 (471 = 314 * 1½) "April 17 (107) 18 (*28) 19
DAY 67 - 64 = 3 4 5 6
3  Hanga Roa

a tuki tukau

4 Okahu

a uka ui hetuu

5 Ra Tahai

a uo

6 Ahu Akapu

a mata kurakura

Ku hú á te huka-huka, ku herohero á i roto i te ahi, burning wood shows red in the fire.

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.

Precession would have pushed the stars ahead with 83 right ascension days as counted from Castor (*113) to Hamal (*30).

MARCH 28 (87) 29 30 31 (*10)
Ga1-7 Ga1-8 Ga1-9 Ga1-10
TABIT = π³ Orionis  (71.7), π² Orionis (71.9) π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8)

*31.0 = *72.4 - *41.4

π¹ Orionis (73.0), ο² Orionis (73.4), HASSALEH = ι Aurigae (73.6), π6 Orionis (73.9)

*32.0 = *73.4 - *41.4

ALMAAZ (The Male Goat) = ε Aurigae (74.7), HAEDUS I = ζ Aurigae (74.8)
May 31 June 1 (152) 2 (*73) 3
°May 27 28 (148) 29 30
'May 4 5 (125) 6 (*46) 7
"April 20 (110) 21 (111) 22 (*32) 23
DAY 71 - 64 = 7 8 9 10
7 Kihikihi Rau Mea

a rapa rau

8 Renga A Tini

a toto renga

9 Vai A Mei

a uhi kapokapo

10 Rua A Ngau

a nua ngirongiro

Rega. Ancient word, apparently meaning 'pretty, beautiful'. It seems to have been used also to mean 'girl' judging from the nicknames given young women: rega hopu-hopu. girl fond of bathing; rega maruaki, hungry girl; rega úraúra, crimson-faced girl. Vanaga. Pau.: rega, ginger. Mgv.: rega, turmeric. Ta.: rea, id. Mq.: ena, id. Sa.: lega, id. Ma.: renga, pollen of bulrushes. Churchill.

Tini. To be at the zenith: ku-tini-á te raá; middle of a journey, of a period of time; te tini o te raá, the middle of the day. Vanaga. 1. A great number, innumerable, infinite, indefinite. Tinitini, million, billion. T Pau.: tinitini, innumerable. Mgv.: tini, a countless number, infinite. Mq.: tini, id. Ta.: tini, numerous. 2. Raa tini, noon; tini po, midnight; te tini te raa, zenith; topa tini, abortion. Churchill.

Toto. 1. Blood; he-gaaha te toto mai roto mai te haoa, blood gushes from inside the wound; toto hatukai, coagulated blood. 2. Rust; to rust. Vanaga. Blood, bloody, to let blood, to make bloody, to bleed, to dissolve, rust; ariga toto, florid, ruddy complexion; hakatehe ki te toto, to bleed; toto pine, to bruise; toto ohio, iron rust. Mgv., Mq.: toto, blood. Ta.: toto, blood, sap. Churchill. Totoro = to crawl; ki totoro te poki, when the baby crawls.

Heka rose *83 right ascension days after Sirrah. When the Shield of Orion had begun to rise together with the Sun in day 84 (Julian equinox) this had been *79 right ascension days after Sirrah.

... Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years) ...