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Kara etahi in Ab7-28 comes at the end of the 3rd quarter:

80 324 194
Ab5-1 (325) Ab5-2 Ab7-25 Ab7-26
200 + 2 day 1 97 99
138 64
Ab7-27 Ab7-28 Ab7-29 (525) Ab7-30
day 100 0 100 + 1

Ordinal number 325 at the beginning and 7-25 at the end evidently are connected, because 3 * 25 = 75 and 7 * 25 = 175. The 3rd quarter could be a 'square of fire (rima)'.

If the Sun half of the year is in the past when the 3rd quarter is beginning, then a secondary source of fire is needed. It is as in the evening when human fires are being lit, the time of ahiahi. The 5 + 5 feathers on hua in front (Ab5-1) possibly should be read as ahiahi.

The parallel kara etahi in Aa5-10 is located in the 5th (rima) glyph line, but the measure and other circumstances seem to refer to the moon rather than to the sun:

155 239
Aa3-10 (185) Aa5-8 Aa5-9 Aa5-10 (343) Aa5-11 Aa7-84 (584)
160 = 8 * 20 240 = 8 * 30
400 = 8 * 50

On side b the Sun apparently is measured by 2 glyphs per day, while on side a the Moon seems to be measured by 1 glyph per day.

If manu kake in Aa3-10 (where we can suspect 3 * 10 alludes to day 300 for the Sun) marks the first day after spring Sun has disappeared, then we can add 400 in order to reach 700.

If only the 20 first nights in a month are counted, then 160 will be the number reached after 8 such months.

184 days counted from Aa1-1 possibly should be added to 240 in real time in order to reach the strongly drawn Aa5-11 (344). 184 + 240 = 424 = 8 * 53.

At any rate, also kara etahi on side a appears close to the end of a great season, or maybe just after its end. 12 * 13 = 156:

154
Aa3-10 (185) Aa5-7 (340) Aa5-8 Aa5-9 Aa5-10 Aa5-11
156 = 12 * 13 4

Our old mystery 'the 4th viri' (cfr viri) is here being illuminated. Its function is to mark an important end in the 'season of the Moon', and possibly 156 days should be expanded into 30 / 20 * 156 = 234 (= 13 * 18).

 

It is becoming complicated. Manu rere in Aa5-9 has a curious sign which is similar to what we saw a long time ago in another glyph:

165
Aa2-85 (175) Aa5-8 Aa5-9 Aa5-10 Aa5-11 (344)
168

Kara etahi in Aa5-10 indeed is at the end of 'summer' (because 364 - 168 = 196 is the number for 'winter'). 'Fire' (5) has reached to its end (10).

The structure of Tahua suggests the last glyph in line Aa2 (the bird above) could indicate where it is time for spring sun to return. 7 * 25 = 175 and 2 * 84 = 168:

Aa2-81 Aa2-82 Aa2-83 Aa2-84 Aa2-85
kua rere ia - kua hiri ia kua tau ia e te manu e e vaero rua ka takata.
Aa3-1 Aa3-2 Aa3-3 Aa3-4 Aa3-5
I ahu mata katakata ko te vae kua oho koia ki te vae ma to maro e manu

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Manu rere in Aa5-9 has a curiously formed right wing, similar to that in the last glyph of line a2:

165
Aa2-85 (175) Aa5-8 Aa5-9 Aa5-10 Aa5-11 (344)
168

No other manu rere in Tahua has this sign. Kara etahi in Aa5-10 therefore indeed appears to be at the end of 'summer', because 364 - 168 = 196 evidently is a number for 'winter'. 'Fire' (5) has reached to its end (10).

The structure of Tahua suggests that the last glyph in line Aa2 could indicate when it is time for spring Sun to return. 175 at Aa2-85 is equal to 7 * 25 as in Ab7-25.

The first of the manu rere glyphs which on side a have an 'open' left wing comes 5 glyphs later:

Aa2-81 Aa2-82 Aa2-83 Aa2-84 Aa2-85
Aa3-1 Aa3-2 Aa3-3 Aa3-4 Aa3-5 (180)

Moving on, we will reach 4 manu rere glyphs with various 'open' wings:

Aa3-56 (231) Aa3-57 Aa3-58 Aa3-59 Aa3-60
Aa3-61 (236) Aa3-62 Aa3-63 Aa3-64

236 suggests 8 * 29.5 and these 4 birds are looking high. 3 * 64 = 192, and a little 'egg' in front forms the 'thumb' of the 'tree'.

Time moves on into a new phase and Metoro mentioned matagi (wind, tempest etc) at Aa3-65 (probably alluding to day 365).

Aa3-65 (240) Aa3-66 Aa3-67 Aa3-68 Aa3-69 Aa3-70 Aa3-71 (246)

Rogo in Aa3-67 could refer to summer solstice. Possibly there is an order which has this Rogo as glyph number 3 beyond Aa3-64 (similar to his number 363 = 360 + 3 as for instance in the text of C). 242 - 183 = 59 indicates the probability of a lunar double month at the beginning of side a.

Kara etahi in Aa5-10 is glyph number 99 + 2 beyond Rogo and 343 - 183 = 160:

99
Aa3-67 (242) Aa5-8 Aa5-9
Aa5-10 (343) Aa5-11 Aa5-12 Aa5-13

 

The possibility of a lunar doublemonth at the beginning of side a of Tahua will have consequences when we try to read the other texts. In G we have learned that we should add 64 glyphs from the end of side b to the beginning of side a, alternatively to add 59 glyphs:

Gb6-17 Gb6-18 Gb6-19 Gb6-20 Gb6-21 (404)
Gb6-22 Gb6-23 Gb6-24 Gb6-25 Gb6-26 (409)
Gb6-27 Gb6-28 Gb7-1 Gb7-2 Gb7-3 (414)

And the change from side a to side b is 5 glyphs earlier than glyph number 236.

Does it mean that we should add 2 months both to the beginning of side a and 2 months also to the beginning of side b?

472 - 2 * 59 = 354. Glyph line Ga3 is beginning with a manu kake after 59 glyphs have been counted in lines Ga1-Ga2:

Ga2-27 Ga2-28 Ga2-29 Ga3-1 Ga3-2 Ga3-3 Ga3-4 Ga3-5

1334 - 59 - 59 = 1216, a nice number, e.g. is 12 * 16 = 192. And 6 * 192 + 182 = 1334 = 7 * 182 + 60.

I decide to update my dictionary page into:

 

 

Manu rere in Aa5-9 has a curiously formed right wing, similar to that in the last glyph of line a2:

165
Aa2-85 (175) Aa5-8 Aa5-9 Aa5-10 Aa5-11 (344)
168

No other manu rere in Tahua has this sign. Kara etahi in Aa5-10 therefore indeed appears to be at the end of 'summer', because 364 - 168 = 196 evidently is a number for 'winter'. 'Fire' (5) has reached to its end (10).

The structure of Tahua suggests that the last glyph in line Aa2 could indicate when it is time for spring Sun to return. 175 at Aa2-85 is equal to 7 * 25 as in Ab7-25.

The first of the manu rere glyphs which on side a have an 'open' left wing comes 5 glyphs later:

Aa2-81 Aa2-82 Aa2-83 Aa2-84 Aa2-85
Aa3-1 Aa3-2 Aa3-3 Aa3-4 Aa3-5 (180)

Moving on, we will reach 4 manu rere glyphs with various 'open' wings:

Aa3-56 (231) Aa3-57 Aa3-58 Aa3-59 Aa3-60
Aa3-61 (236) Aa3-62 Aa3-63 Aa3-64

236 suggests 8 * 29.5 and these 4 birds are looking high. 3 * 64 = 192, and a little 'egg' in front forms the 'thumb' of the 'tree'.

Time moves on into a new phase and Metoro mentioned matagi (wind, tempest etc) at Aa3-65 (probably alluding to day 365).

Aa3-65 (240) Aa3-66 Aa3-67 Aa3-68 Aa3-69 Aa3-70 Aa3-71 (246)

Rogo in Aa3-67 could refer to summer solstice. Possibly there is an order which has this Rogo as glyph number 3 beyond Aa3-64 (similar to his number 363 = 360 + 3 as for instance in the text of C). 242 - 183 = 59 indicates the probability of a lunar double month at the beginning of side a.

Kara etahi in Aa5-10 is glyph number 99 + 2 beyond Rogo and 343 - 183 = 160:

98
Aa3-67 (242) Aa5-8 Aa5-9
Aa5-10 (343) Aa5-11 Aa5-12 Aa5-13

99 can also be exposed by counting 1334 - 346 (at Aa5-13) = 988, and then 9 * 88 = 792 (= 192 + 600) = 8 * 99. Beyond Aa5-13 it might be Venus who will be our star of guidance rather than the sun:

525 80 525 138 64
Aa8-5 (590) Ab7-30 (526)
526 808 = 8 * (99 + 2)
239
Aa5-8 Aa5-9 Aa5-10 Aa5-11 (344) Aa7-84 (584)

808 can be read as a map of the structure: 8 periods will reach to the end of the cycle (0) and then another 8 periods will follow. The perspective presumably is that 0 is at midsummer, where the 'egg' (0) is produced.

By 'coincidence' number 505 (where the Moon measure 8 has been changed into the Sun measure 5) appears if we count only on side a:

327 176
Aa5-10 (343) Aa2-85 (175)
505

5 is 'fire', yet 6 is needed to reach to the end of the year (6 * 30 = 180 for instance). Between 8 and 6 there is room for 2 more. We can postulate the existence of a lunar double month at the beginning of side a and then - for symmetry reasons - also 59 such extra glyphs on side b. 1334 - 59 - 59 = 1216, which is a beautiful number incorporating both Sun (12) and Moon (16).

Furthermore, 12 * 16 = 192 will serve as a symbol for the time of light. Such a good number as 1216 ought to be turned this way and that, to really appreciate it. For instance is 1216 = 1000 + 6 * 6 * 6. The number of glyphs on side a of H can (among other alternatives) be reconstructed as 666, and 666 ('the number of the beast') probably is alluded to in Aa6-66:

Aa6-64 Aa6-65 Aa6-66 Aa6-67 Aa6-68 Aa6-69 Aa6-70

216 (= 360 - 12 * 12 = 12 * 18 = 384 - 168) has evidently been used also in the H text, because 648 is probably the number of glyphs on side b and 648 becomes the number of glyphs also on side a if we reduce 666 with 18 (corresponding to an estimated number of glyphs beyond Ha12-21). 648 / 3 = 216.

The number of glyphs in P is 599 on side a, possibly expressing 'fire' and 99 (Venus). The estimated number on side b is 559, probably a 'mirror image' of 599. Rotating 6 it becomes 9.

 
 

When the neck of a god is broken (cfr the 'thumb' up in the tree) the result is chaotic (the calm orderly weather is suddenly changed): 

Aa3-64 Aa3-65 (240)

... Pure O picked up a large round stone (pureva) and hit the top of the figure. Because of the stone, the neck of Oto Uta was broken.Then the wind started blowing, the billow rose, the waves broke, the rain started falling, the flame (i.e., lightning) shone brightly, and the thunder rolled.

As soon as the wind started blowing, the waves broke, the rain fell, and thunder rolled, King Hotu knew that Pure O had done harm to Oto Uta. Hotu spoke: 'These fellows have done a mean thing to King Oto Uta!'

After the neck of Oto Uta had been broken, Kuihi and Kuaha arrived. They picked up the neck of King Oto Uta, took it, and brought it with them. They arrived out in the bay, in Hanga Rau. (There) Kuihi and Kuaha left (the fragment). After the neck of Oto Uta had been brought on land, out in the bay of Hanga Rau, the wind, the rain, the waves, and the thunder subsided.

Kuihi and Kuaha arrived and told the king the following: 'King Oto Uta is out in the bay of Hanga Rau'. Hotu said to his servant (tuura) Moa Kehu, 'Go down to king Oto Uta and take him up out of the bay of Hanga Rau!'

Moa Kehu arose, went down, picked up (the fragment), and carried (it) on his shoulders to the house. There he left it for King Hotu. King Hotu sat down and wept over King Oto Uta.

This is Hotu's lament (tanginga):

ka hati toou ngao e oto uta e te ariki e / mo tau papa rangaranga o haho i te tai / mo tuu huehue rangaranga o haho i te tai / mo tau hahave rere ai ka pae / mo tae ngu rere ai ka pae / mo te ika aringa riva nei he aku renga ai ka pae

Broken is your neck, oh Oto Uta, oh king! / Floating (?) like a raft (?) out at sea. / To be erected for the drifting huehue (fish) out at sea. / Able (?) to put an end to the flight of the flying fish hahave; / Able (?) to put and end to the flight of the flying fish ngu; / Put an end to this fish, a dorado, with the good face! (E:87-90) ... (Barthel 2)