|
1st period |
 |
One little and one big toki.
Hand down. |
|
rere te toki |
|
2nd period |
 |
Two big toki, one as elbow
ornament the other with a sign
looking like rangi. Hand up
and outwards oriented. (Tahitian
rava = shadow.) |
|
kua moe ki te ravarava |
|
3rd period |
 |
Big toki. Hand up and towards
head, the arm probably representing
a little toki.
|
|
ko te tagata - kua rere te toki |
|
4th period |
 |
One little and one big toki.
(ura = lobster.
ūra = flame.) |
|
e tagata vaha ura - e rere te toki -
rere ki uta |
|
5th period |
 |
Similar to no. 8, but two ears
(eyes?) and open elbow ornament
(like in Ea5-1). |
|
e tagata - rere toki |
|
6th period |
 |
Little toki now bigger. No
elbow ornament. Strange undulating
sign, ara (= 1. road, path;
ladder. 2. to wake up, to
concentrate.) |
|
e tagata tu ara i te toki - kua tua
koia |
|
7th period |
 |
No elbow ornament. Little tea
without eye. Vaero (=
chicken's long tail feather or
lobster's antenna). |
|
e rere te toki - te hau tea - te
vaero |
|
8th period |
 |
Only one ear (eye?). Elbow ornament
closed (like in
Eb2-10,
Eb4-28 and
Eb5-34). |
|
tagata mau toki |
|
9th period |
 |
The simplest of the 9 glyphs. Bony
toki. |
|
tagata rere te toki |