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The glyphs used in G differ from those in K for the same event, it seeems:

 

Te Pei, Te Piringa Aniva Ga1-1 Ka1-1
Te Kioe Uri, Te Manavai Ga2-29 (59) Ka3-14 (60)
Te Poko Uri, Te Pu Mahore Ga5-8 (118) *Kb1-22 (119)
Nga Kope Ririva Ga7-8 (177)    

Ga5-8 (118), I have earlier explained, has wings like viri to indicate darkness (uri):

 
3. Te Poko Uri
Ga5-8 (118)

... The wings of this fat bird are drawn as a separate unit, distinct from the bird itself, and presumably it is a 'glyph play' (analogous to word play). We can imagine the shape behind the bird as a viri glyph turned a quarter around, a method we have seen before:

viri Ga1-26 Gb1-6

However, there is an important difference: In Ga1-26 and Gb1-6 the 'person' and viri are integrated, not separate units. This wingless bird has not moved far from his egg we can see from his body form, it is a very young bird (which also explains why he is so fat) ...

I have regarded the viri behind his back as a sign of darkness because they are turned as if to bar the sun light from above. In One Tea (at Gb8-1) the wings are oriented reversely, presumably meaning tea (light):

One Tea  -  15 * 29.5 = 442.5
23
Gb8-1 Gb8-2 (443) Gb8-3 Gb8-4 Gb8-5 Gb8-29 Gb8-30 (471)
30

Both Te Kioe and Te Poko are dark (uri). They belong together, and they cover a time distance = 4 * 29.5 = 118 days. 177 - 59 = 118.

Te Kioe has 3 feathers and Te Poko 2 feathers, according to K:

- ...
Kb2-1 Kb2-2 Kb2-3 (122) Kb2-4 *Kb2-6 *Kb2-7

In G, however, a new season of 'eating' (kai gesture) is in front:

Ga5-22 Ga5-23 Ga5-24 Ga5-25 Ga5-26 (136) Ga5-27 Ga5-28 Ga5-29

3 feathers in front is, it seems, positively correlated with the kai gesture. We have seen it before. To this we can add the contrary gesture, as in Kb2-3, correlated with 2 feathers in front.

These gestures cannot refer to Te Kioe respectively to Te Poko - they must refer to the subperiods, i.e. kuhane stations:

lunar doublemonths 14 ('a.m.') 12 ('p.m.')
Te Kioe

(60-118)

-
Kb2-3 (122)
Te Poko

(118-176)

 -
Ga5-24 (134)

Kb2-3 has an ordinal number which is 4 more than the end of Te Kioe, but it must be OK to talk about the past also in rongorongo texts.

26 = 14 + 12 is worth to remember. Ga5-24 is 134 - 118 = 16 days from the beginning of Te Poko, and 16 is the maximum of the month. 16 = 4 + 12.

With 3 in front before 2 in front, I get the idea that the measure is light and in a descending order: 3, 2, 1, and 0. But in Kb2-4 the opposite series 1, 2, 3 could measure the increasing darkness:

- ...
Kb2-1 Kb2-2 Kb2-3 Kb2-4 (123) *Kb2-6 *Kb2-7

In K there is no glyph similar to and corresponding with Ga8-5, but in Kb3-9 we have its opposite, an empty poko uri:

39
Ga5-8 (118) Ga5-9 Ga6-19 (159) Ga6-20
25
*Kb1-22 (119) Kb2-1 Kb3-9 (146) Kb3-10

Number 159 at Ga6-19 - and also 19 - says Te Poko Uri is finished (empty). But there still remain 18 glyphs to Nga Kope Ririva. 177 - 159 = 18, and 159 - 118 = 41. He cannot be quite finished yet. But 118 + 14 (the reversed 41) = 132 should be the end of his waxing:

Ga5-4 Ga5-5 Ga5-6 Ga5-7 Ga5-8 (118) Ga5-9
Ga5-10 (120) Ga5-11 Ga5-12 Ga5-13 Ga5-14 Ga5-15 (125) Ga5-16
Ga5-17 (127) Ga5-18 Ga5-19 Ga5-20 Ga5-21
Ga5-22 (132) Ga5-23 Ga5-24 Ga5-25 Ga5-26 Ga5-27 Ga5-28 Ga5-29 (139)
Ga5-30 Ga6-1 Ga6-2 Ga6-3 Ga6-4 (144)

Ga6-4 (6 * 4 = 24) is 144 = 12 * 12, 26 glyphs beyond Ga5-8. And by using the equation 26 = 14 + 12 a meaningful glyph is established for the final of the first part at Ga5-22.

At *Kb1-22 (also -22) Te Poko Uri is beginning, the season when Te Kioe Uri is vanishing:

text in K 8 text in G
...
*Kb1-22 (119) Kb2-1 Kb2-2 Kb2-3 (122) Kb2-4 *Kb2-5 Ga5-23 Ga5-24 Ga5-25 Ga5-26 (136)
6 4

22 occurs in Gb5-22 and in Gb1-22, but also in 122 (Kb2-3) and in Kb2-2. What does it mean? Is it 2 + 2 = 4 or 2 * 2 = 4?