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1158 |
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Aa2-31 (121) |
Ab8-30 (1280) |
1160 = 40 * 29 |
We can
guess that the empty hands of
hanau in Ga8-24 (where 8 * 24 =
192) illustrates how Spring Sun has
no more 'fire':
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Aa2-28 |
Aa2-29 |
Aa2-30 |
Aa2-31 |
Aa2-32 |
228 |
229 |
230 |
231 |
232 |
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Ga8-24 |
Ga8-25 |
Ga8-26 |
Gb1-1 |
Gb1-2 |
Hanau in Gb1-2 has no head,
but the 2 arms held high could
illustrate a potential for future
'fire'.
The open hands of hanau
in Ga1-14 should similarly (together
with hanau in Ga1-12)
indicate that the 2nd part of the
year is 'empty'. It is their left
hands (seen at right from our point
of view) which are
empty. Thumbs in front of left hands
tell us that it is the back sides of
the hands we are looking at:
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Ga1-12 |
Ga1-13 |
Ga1-14 |
Ga1-15 |
Ga1-16 |
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Aa2-44 |
Aa2-45 |
Aa2-46 |
Aa2-47 |
Aa2-48 (16) |
The left hand of
hanau in Ga8-24
has its inside towards us, proving
it is empty, but the sign is reversed (cfr the rima
glyph type). The meaning should
therefore be 'not empty'.
In A we can
identify the kai sign 'hair' at the back of the heads in Aa2-44 and
Aa2-46 as another way to illustrate how the 2nd part of the year no longer
delivers
any 'light'. Ariki in Ga1-13 is drawn strongly and (together with another
similar ariki glyph in Ga1-5) it has 3 feathers in front. It is time for
the 2nd part of the year to leave and the figure in the oval of Ga1-16 presumably
indicates that the 'spirit' (manu rere) of winter is going away.
At Aa2-46
Metoro said
koia kua mau - i te kaiga, which I think means that this variant of
henua represents next season, viz, spring (the season of
growth, which I henceforth will call Te Kaiga in contrast to autumn,
Te Nuku).
Ariki in
Ga1-5 will then explain that the strange vai glyph Aa2-37 ('one more'
than 236) should refer to the coming Kaiga season. The proper vai
sign is on its way to form. The peculiar black rectangle in the center could
represent land rising above the water:
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Aa2-33 |
Aa2-34 |
Aa2-35 |
Aa2-36 |
Aa2-37 |
Aa2-38 |
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Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 |
Ga1-3 |
Ga1-4 |
Ga1-5 |
Ga1-6 |
The similarity in
structure between A and G makes it possible to suggest a similarity in meaning
between our target glyph and ariki in Ga1-13:
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7 |
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Aa2-37 |
Aa2-45 |
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Ga1-5 |
Ga1-13
(14) |
Mata at
left in Ga1-5 has disappeared in Ga1-13. In Aa2-45 mata is at top left,
sheltered by the long curved arm of the 2nd part of the year. The vaero
sign must refer to the coming Kaiga season. The arm of the 1st part of
the year is descending, but it ends with a bifurcated tail. The tail is slightly open in front
and it is not a fully open gap as in
vaha mea in Ga1-4. Spring light is still only beginning to show itself
and vaero in Aa2-45 appears to be a better choice of sign.