Next page (still with the 3
vaero glyphs in line Aa2 as the target):
I at first
imagined the last 14 glyphs in line Aa1 were distributed as 4 + 6 +
6 in the following pattern:
Aa1-75
Aa1-76
Aa1-77
Aa1-78
Aa1-79
Aa1-80
Aa1-81
Aa1-82
Aa1-83
Aa1-84
Aa1-85
Aa1-86
Aa1-87
Aa1-88
Aa1-89
Aa1-90
Aa1-75 is exactly the same glyph as Aa1-13,
a rare occurrence in Tahua:
Aa1-13
Aa1-14
Aa1-15
Possibly Aa1-13--15 has the same structure
as Aa1-75--78. Aa1-15 has two parts, and
therefore there are 4 units in Aa1-13--15
too. Number 3 of the 4 is a vae and
the corresponding Aa1-77 (where we can
imagine 177 = 6 * 29.5) is the similar
glyph type haati.
Instead of tagata
rere (the right sign in Aa1-15) there is an
inoino glyphbeyond the 'leg'. I guess
inoino refers to the season beyond
the end
of high summer (and tagata rere to
winter solstice).
Beyond Aa1-90 comes Aa2-1, the first of 85 glyphs:
Aa2-1 (91)
Aa2-2 (1)
Aa2-3
Aa2-4
Aa2-5
Aa2-6
Aa2-7
Aa2-8
Aa2-9
Aa2-10
Aa2-11
Aa2-12
Aa2-13
Aa2-14 (104)
Aa2-15
Aa2-16
Aa2-17 (16)
However,
I have ended the table with tagata in
Aa2-17, because I suspect tagata in
Aa2-1 stands at the end of a quarter and
also that it belongs at the end of the
previous glyph sequence. From hagarave
in Aa2-2 a new counting could begin, which
will give tagata in Aa2-17 a more
reasonable number 16 (used to mark a final
according to the rongorongo system, as evidence
has proven). Number 17 (Aa2-18)
will then begin anew. 17 is a day of Venus.
This somewhat curious argumentation finds support
in an curious way. Because it will force
niu in Aa1-75 into being a last glyph,
not the first glyph among 16 as was previous
illustrated above. The sun year seems to end
after 13 periods (cfr Aa1-13) as counted by
the moon (13 * 29.5 = 383½).
This new vision will give vaega in
Aa2-14 ordinal number 13 among 16. And 104 =
8 * 13. We can reorder the table into 6 + 7
= 13 glyphs and colour with planets:
Aa2-2 (1)
Aa2-3
Aa2-4
Aa2-5
Aa2-6
Aa2-7
Aa2-8
Aa2-9
Aa2-10
Aa2-11
Aa2-12
Aa2-13
Aa2-14 (104)
The 'stem' from which vaega is
hanging down is of the same type as in
Aa2-7, which supports my structure.
Metoro seems to have understood Aa2-8
(where 2 * 8 = 16) as describing the
emergence (pu) of a 'baby' (mahigo).
This baby has the colour of Mars (spring).
The 13 glyphs above and what Metoro said is
discussed in further detail
here.
The first 8
glyphs of line Aa2 apparently are distributed in pairs:
crack in front
Aa2-1
Aa2-2
oval and triangle
Aa2-3
Aa2-4
beginning respecively end
Aa2-5
Aa2-6
'hua' at left respectively at
right
Aa2-7
Aa2-8
While the following 6 glyphs are more
difficult to
see as pairs:
Aa2-9
Aa2-10
Aa2-11
Aa2-12
Aa2-13
Aa2-14
The crack in front was observed by Metoro:
Ohoga means departure.
Kohata is Mangarevan for
'the space between two boards,
to be badly joined'.
Aa2-1
Aa2-2
The haga rave glyph type
could depict the course of the
sun, first moving down towards
Easter Island, then making a
turn at the bottom, followed by
a crack and then autumn. Badly
joined it is, but there is only
a single 'board' (spring), with 'winter'
comes 'water' (vai).
Ko te ohoga
i vai ohata
The change of year seems first
to be described by the end of the previous
year (tagata) and then by the
shape of the new year. Possibly there is
also a hint in form of the 'fist' at top
right in Aa2-1 - it seems to be on its
way to come loose, to be the 'nut' from
which the new year will grow. In Aa2-2
we can at right read a sign of autumn. The summary at
tagata illustrates this type of sign
at right
in Eb5-4, where 5 * 4 = 20(0):
Eb5-4
summer (from spring to autumn
equinox)
I therefore guess
Aa2-1 refers to winter solstice and
Aa2-2 to summer solstice.
The form of Aa2-4 makes it into a
variant of vero, which
Metoro probably observed, because he
said vero at the following glyph:
Nuku erua means two
'lands'.
Aa2-3
Aa2-4
Maybe the two halves
('lands') of the year are
depicted: The first half in form
of a low flying 'hua'
together with (below, later) a 'dry land
head' with
a single mata in front.
In Aa2-4 (where 2 * 4 = 8) light
has evidently left (Te Pei) and at
the bottom is a 'water droplet'. If time runs
downwards it ends
in water.
eko te nuku
erua - no te tagata
Vero tahi means 'first
spear' and hupee mucus.
Aa2-5
Aa2-6 (96)
A spear is thrown in a quick
movement of the arm (rima)
and the king is induced to
fast reaction. If he survives and reaches the state
of 'fully grown' (tagata),
he will no longer be as quick as
the eye.
vero tahi
ma te hupee
I have named a glyph type hupee and
Aa2-6 will be discussed more at that
point in the dictionary.
The first 2 * 4 = 8 glyphs are followed
by 6 glyphs, and if the first 8
represent autumn (Moon), then these 6
which follow could represent spring
(Sun):
Aa2-9
Aa2-10
Aa2-11
Aa2-12
Aa2-13
Aa2-14
However, henua ora in Aa2-10
(where 2 * 10 = 20) suggests the final
of Moon, because her nights are counted
to 20.
Metoro:
Tai is the sea - the
opposite of uta
(uplands). Tamaiti is the
little child.
Aa2-9
Aa2-10
The curious Aa2-9 shows a
crack at right in the vertical
'tree', which connects it with
mata at right. This
mata is like the half moon
of the waning phase.
ka pu i te
tamaiti
e tai
I.e. the left mata is a
separate unit, the growing one. The day
'belongs' to Mercury, and henua ora
is a Thursday, which is quite in order
because Jupiter represents 'late autumn'. The
vertical 'tree' in Aa2-9 (where 2 * 9 =
18) is designed so as to give a hint in
form of the 'head' at bottom, and its
'tail' end (at the top) is fat.
The structure for 'Moon' (the 2nd half
'year') is the same as that for 'Spring'
(Mars, the 1st half 'year'). The journey
ends in the sea.
