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Although
I
have
classified
as
moa
15
glyphs
in
Keiti,
only
one
of
them
has
the
typical
design
we
immediately
can
recognize,
viz.
Eb5-22:
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| Eb5-21 |
Eb5-22 |
Eb5-23 |
Eb5-24 |
| ihe romi hia |
e moa ure tupu hia |
hetu ki te ragi |
te kiore - te henua |
Metoro
recognized
the
situation:
moa
ure
tupu
('rooster'
with
penis
which
'excites').
Somebody
must
set
the
sun
in
motion
at
winter
solstice.
It
is
the
business
of
the
king
to
do
that,
to
light
the
new
fire.
Cfr
Samoan
tupu
=
'king'.
'Excite'
(tupu)
comes
from
Latin
citare
(cfr
ciēre
-
'set
in
motion').
'Incite'
and
'excite'
both
imply
'light
the
fire'
(which
has
gone
out);
to
arouse
somebody,
to
make
somebody
move.
The
fingers
in
Eb5-21
signifies
fire
and
in
Eb5-23
ragi
is
drawn
as
the
topmost
flame
of
the
sun.
The
top
of
the
year
means
the
season
of
winter
solstice.
The
birth
of a
new
year
is
called
out
triumphantly
by
the
originator,
the
chief
cock,
just
as
at
dawn
in
the
diurnal
cycle. |
The open beak
may also
illustrate how
light expands
with time
(towards right
in the glyph).
In Eb5-22 the
hook of the beak
looks like the
mirror image of
the hook of the
ure.
These details
and other
phenomena (like
the form of the
lower part of
the beak, the
tail etc)
probably contain
information. But
we cannot
analyze them
until later,
when the overall
structure of the
texts have been
mapped.
The hyperlinks
labelled ure
and tupu
lead to these
pages:
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Ure
1.
Generation;
ure
matá,
warlike,
bellicose
generation
(matá,
obsidian,
used
in
making
weapons).
2.
Offspring;
brother;
colleague
i
toou
ure
ka
tata-mai,
your
colleague
has
turned
up.
3.
Friendship,
friendly
relationship;
ku-ké-á
te
ure,
they
have
become
enemies
(lit.:
friendship
has
changed).
4.
Penis
(this
definition
is
found
in
Englert's
1938
dictionary,
but
not
in
La
Tierra
de
Hotu
Matu'a).
Ure
tahiri,
to
gush,
to
spurt,
to
flow;
e-ure
tahiri-á
te
toto,
blood
is
flowing
in
gushes.
Ure
tiatia
moana,
whirlwind
which
descend
quickly
and
violently
onto
the
ocean;
whirlpool,
eddy.
Vanaga.
Penis;
kiri
ure,
prepuce,
foreskin.
P
Pau.,
Mgv.,
Ta.:
ure,
penis.
Ureure,
spiral.
Ta.:
aureure,
id.
Urei,
to
show
the
teeth.
Mgv.:
urei,
to
uncover
the
eye
by
rolling
back
the
lids.
Churchill.
Pau.:
Ureuretiamoana,
waterspout.
Ta.:
ureuretumoana,
id.
Churchill.
H.
Ule
1.
Penis.
For
imaginative
compounds
see
'a'awa
1,
'aweule,
ulehala,
ulehole,
ulepa'a,
ulepuaa,
ule'ulu.
Kū
ka
ule,
he'e
ka
laho,
the
penis
is
upright,
the
scrotum
runs
away
(refers
to
breadfruit:
when
the
blossom
(pōule)
appears
erect,
there
will
soon
be
fruit).
2.
Tenon
for
a
mortise;
pointed
end
of a
post
which
enters
the
crotch
of a
rafter
(also
called
ma'i
kāne).
Ho'o
ule,
to
form
a
tenon
or
post
for
the
crotch
of a
rafter.
3.
To
hang.
Wehewehe. |
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Tupu
1.
Shoot,
sprout,
bud;
to
sprout,
to
bud.
2.
Pregnant:
vî'e
tupu
(o
te
poki);
to
be
conceived
(of
fetus
in
its
mother's
womb):
he-tupu
te
poki
i
roto
i te
kopú
o
toona
matu'a.
Vanaga.
To
grow,
to
sprout,
to
germinate,
to
come
forth,
to
conceive,
pregnant,
germ;
mea
tupu,
plant;
tupu
ke
avai,
of
rapid
growth;
tupu
horahorau,
precocious;
hakatupu,
to
produce,
to
stimulate
growth,
to
excite.
P
Pau.:
fakatupu,
to
raise
up,
to
create.
Mgv.:
tupu,
to
grow,
to
conceive,
to
be
pregnant.
Mq.:
tupu,
to
grow,
to
sprout,
to
conceive.
Ta.:
tupu,
to
grow,
to
sprout.
Churchill.
Mgv.:
Tupu,
the
best
or
worst,
used
of
men
or
of
bad
qualities.
Sa.:
tupu,
king.
Ma.:
tupu,
social
position,
dignity.
Churchill. |
In Large
Washington
Tablet (S) there
is a glyph
(Sb5-108) which
resembles
Eb5-23:
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Sb5-101 |
Sb5-102 |
Sb5-103 |
Sb5-104 |
Sb5-105 |
Sb5-106 |
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Sb5-107 |
Sb5-108 |
Sb5-109 |
Sb5-110 |
Sb5-111 |
Sb5-112 |
Sb5-107--109
obviously are
compounds
involving pu
and niu,
pu and
ragi
respectively
pu and
hua. Maybe
the disc of the
sun is to be
regarded as a
hole in the sky
roof?
The order (niu
- ragi -
hua) may
refer to the
order of three
seasons:
midwinter,
spring,
respectively
summer.
Sb5-110--112,
the following
triplet of
glyphs, has 10
(= 2+3+5), 13
(= 6+7)
respectively 10
(= 3+2+5) marks.
Presumably
Sb5-111 refers
to winter
solstice
(counted from
the moon), with
old sun
(Sb5-110) and
new sun
(Sb5-112) at
left
respectively
right.
Sb5--110 seems
to be the
describing how
the fruit in
Sb5-109 is
transformed into
new life based
on the old sun
(three flames at
bottom).
Also in Eb5-23
the old sun
presumably is at
bottom, with new
light emerging
from its top
flame. Bottom
means origin and
top means the
result.
The new light
announced by
ragi glyphs
maybe is
pictured as the
sun behind a
mountain. In
Aa3-23, for
instance, the
top 3 flames
could allude to
the mountain in
the middle with
the two horns at
left and right:
We should here
remember how the
'dead' sun is
illustrated in
the day
calendar:
It is probably
no coincidence
that Aa1-32 and
Aa3-23 are drawn
exactly alike. I
have classified
52 glyphs as
hetuu in
Tahua and 13
of them are
simple (without
'foreign'
elements):
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Aa1-32 |
Aa1-59 |
Aa3-23 |
Aa3-47 |
Aa5-42 |
Aa5-73 |
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Ab4-54 |
Ab4-56 |
Ab5-73 |
Ab8-1 |
Ab8-12 |
Ab8-20 |
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6
on
side
a
and
7 on
side
b |
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Ab8-33 |
There are two
sorts: one group
with the 6 on
side a and
another with 6
of the 7 on side
b. Ab5-73 is
obviously
special:
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Ab5-64 |
Ab5-65 |
Ab5-66 |
Ab5-67 |
Ab5-68 |
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Ab5-69 |
Ab5-70 |
Ab5-71 |
Ab5-72 |
Ab5-73 |
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Ab5-74 |
Ab5-75 |
Ab5-76 |
Ab5-77 |
Ab5-78 |
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Ab5-79 |
Ab5-80 |
Ab6-1 |
Ab6-2 |
Ab6-3 |
I guess Ab5-73
marks the end of
the year,
because 5 * 73 =
365.
While I was
classifiying the
glyphs of H/P/Q
I happened to
notice how in
Pa6-1--2 the relationship
between hetuu
and ragi
possibly is
illustrated:
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Pa5-80 |
Pa6-1 |
Pa6-2 |
Pa6-3 |
Pa6-4 |
Pa6-5 |
Pa6-6 |
Here the hole
presumably
represents the
sun disc and the
shape around the
hole vero
+ 'horns'.
Another entity
is behind,
possibly an
overturned
canoe. In Pa6-2
the story goes
on and here a
new sun (the
'fist') has been
generated.
In Pa5-80 the
feet have gone,
leaving us with
a 'dead' person.
The beginning of
line a6 is the
new life.
