TRANSLATIONS
Not only the glyphs Aa4-79 and Aa4-81:
make us think about the moon in what I believe is the middle part of a solar calendar. The triplet Aa4-62, Aa4-80 and Aa4-82:
maybe alludes to the triplet of sunlit moon phases:
Notice the black eye in waxing moon and white eye in waning moon as depicted in H. The same idea, presumably, as the waxing and waning sun in Aa4-58 and Aa4-60
Waning moon has passed the full moon phase and therefore also the hua phase. In the waxing phase moon is growing and has therefore not reached full stature - she is lean in contrast to waning moon who looks as if pregnant with the swallowed 'fruit'. The number of spines (according to H) are 7 respective 6 and the number of marks (according to A) are 5 and 6. The solar number 6 characterizes waning, whereas waxing has an odd number. The meaning of the odd numbers (7, 5 and 1 - in the black eye) probably is that the end will be reached without completing a full cycle. There is another triplet to consider, the triplet of 'waning' henua with Aa5-4 as the 2nd member:
The other two members of this triplet are Aa4-42 and Aa5-36. A continuation of theme beginning earlier than the glyphs below is therefore reasonable to assume:
And Aa4-41--54 indeed exhibits in Aa4-47 a glyph which is similar to Aa4-55:
A tired old bird (Aa4-44 and Aa4-52) also may connect these glyphs to the following by way of Aa4-57. Furthermor, the triplet of hau tea (Aa4-43, Aa4-46 and Aa4-54) and the tired old bird connect to the identical 4th members Aa4-70 respectively Aa4-65:
And we have earlier identified this similarity: We should read these glyphs as 3 + 1, not as 4. That we find affirmed also here in Tahua by the closeness between Aa4-43, Aa4-46 and Aa4-54 contrasted with the far away Aa4-70. In H/P/Q the structure 3 + 1 was illustrated by special signs on the 4th member:
Even the ihe tau (in Aa4-48, Aa4-51, Aa4-66 and Aa4-75) exhibits the pattern 3 + 1:
To find the 3rd member (Aa5-36) of the triplet of 'waning' henua we have to go far forward beyond viri in Aa5-7:
The little hanging 'ball' in Aa5-6 has a white 'eye' and therefore should be regarded as a sign of the waning sun.
In Aa5-8 the mark of 2 at the top presumably also indicates the 2nd season of the sun.
In Aa5-18 hakaturu indicates the turnaround from waxing to waning.
The elbow ornament in Aa5-21 resembles the one in Aa5-6.
In Aa5-30 there is a sign which is composed of 'giving hand' + 'outstretched foot', which probably should be read together.
Somewhere beyond Aa5-36 another season begins, that we can see in e.g. Aa5-46. Probably a kind of X-area is needed for such a major change, at least that is suggested by niu (GD18) in Aa5-40. |