Aa7-30	Aa7-31	Aa7-32	Aa7-33	Aa7-34

What should be noted, instead, is the curious foot at left in Aa7-30 together with the strange hand held high in Aa7-32. This type of sign occurs in several places in line a7, e.g.:

Aa7-14	Aa7-15	Aa7-16	Aa7-17	Aa7-18	Aa7-19
Aa7-20	Aa7-21	Aa7-22	Aa7-23	Aa7-24	Aa7-25	Aa7-26	Aa7-27

The right 'eye' in Aa7-15 is formed like a half-circle (a maitaki sign which presumably is referring to the high summer cloudless sky dome). In Aa7-20 the sky moon crescent at left has vanished. In Aa7-24 there is a complete absence of left side, and 7 * 24 = 168.

Pei (grooves in the rock surface) can be a memory from those seen on the back of the great Sphinx in Egypt. Once there must have been an enormous amount of water - a true Flood - which caused these grooves.

The lion symbolizes the hot midsummer, and the water grooves on its back how the 'fire' is suddenly put out.

The connection between fire and water by being antagonistic is obvious. But surely they from very ancient times must have observed the phenomenon of condensation, how water droplets were created as a result of the fire below the cooking pot. Fire and water are complementary, fire has the capacity to create water. Even a child must have understood it.

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In Ga5-5 the maitaki sign is at left, and 4 * 66 can possibly be interpreted as a 'quarter with sun shine', 4 means a 'quarter' and 6 refers to the sun and 5 * 5 = 25. 207 148 115 Gb4-3 (324) Ga5-5 (116) 208 = 4 * 52 264 = 4 * 66 The season (4 * 29.5 = 118) which is 'kicked into action' by the following Rei, we have earlier identified as Te Poko Uri: 17 Ga5-4 Ga5-5 Ga5-6 Ga5-7 (118) Ga5-8 Ga5-9 Ga5-5 informs us that a 'square' ('earth') is completed, and that the square in question is related to 'fire' (5). Presumably focus will now be shifting to another 'habit' of the sun. Tagata with high neck is at left in Ga5-7 and we could then suppose vai at right lies in the future. However, the distribution of vai glyphs in G suggests that also vai belongs in the past: Gb2-27 (283) Gb3-5 Gb3-25 Gb4-2 Gb4-23 Gb8-11 (453) Ga5-7 171 = 9 * 19 Vai is beginning at Hua Reva (the first kuhane station without Te). Sun is at Hua Reva changing from his 'red summer coat' to a 'raincoat'. But at Ga5-7 the 'raincoat' has been put aside. The glyph is presumably saying Manavai (the name of one of the kuhane stations): Manavai Hollow where rainwater accumulates; anciently, small, round gardens, preferably situated in low shady spots, where the mahute tree was grown. Vanaga. 1. Brain. 2. Valley, ravine, river, torrent, brook; manavai miro, orchard, Mq.: manavai, valley, brook. Ta.: anavai, river, brook. It scarcely appears that these are fully coordinate. In Tahiti anavai has a clear etymology, ana meaning the bed of a stream. In Rapanui and in the Marquesas mana most readily associates with maga, as water in a forked bed. Churchill. The vai season (when sun is far north) appears to be ending at Gb8-11, because the empty uplifted hand evidently says so. Therefore the vai sign in Ga5-7 should be referring to a name rather than directly to the vai season.

The (empty) bedstreams (manavai) - grooves - are calmly (magaro) waiting for the return of the sun, thirsty for his sweet rain (vai magaro).

 

Maga Branch (of tree). Magahaiga, part of the arm near the armpit, armpit. Magamaga: 1. Finger (rima matu'a neanea, thumb; tuhi henua, index finger; roaroa tahaga, middle finger; tuhia háûa, ring finger; komaniri-komanara, little finger). 2. Seaweed (shaped like small fingers). Vanaga. 1. (mama 2) A mouthful; maga nuinui, to gobble. 2. Garbage. 3. Index finger. 4. A branch; magamiro, a branch, a limb; magamaga, fork, finger, claw, rod; magamaga miro, a branch, a limb; magamaga rima, finger; magamaga vae, toe; magamaga tumu, great toe; hakamaga, a roof; magaga, fork; magatuhi, index finger; hakamagaturu, slope of a roof. Churchill.

Magai Fishhook (made of stone or of bone, much more curved inward than the type of hook called rou). Vanaga.

Magaro Calm, sweet, docile, tame, affable, gracious, indulgent, suave; to pacify, to reconcile; ariga magaro, amiable; tae magaro, ungracious; tagata magaro, popular; vai magaro, sweet water; magaro ki kokoma, undisturbed; hakamagaro, to soothe, to pacify, to quiet, to appease. P Pau.: magaro, salty, briny. Mgv.: magaro, courteous, pleasant, peaceful, quiet; ahamagaro, to soothe, to tame, to quiet. Mq.: manaonao, insipid, tasteless. Ta.: maaro, fresh, sweet, not salted. Churchill.

171 (= 9 * 19), the doubly 'black' sun number, should be associated with 261 (= 9 * 29), I think.

261 + 171 = 432 = 12 * 36. If we consider sun should have 10 * 30 = 300 days, we can add the days when he is absent (171) to reach 471 (the number of glyphs in G). But then we have counted 6 glyphs twice:

Gb8-6	Gb8-7	Gb8-8	Gb8-9	Gb8-10	Gb8-11
Gb8-12	Gb8-13	Gb8-14	Gb8-15	Gb8-16	Gb8-17

Which in turn opens up a 6 glyph long gap, possibly immediately before Gb2-27:

Gb2-19	Gb2-20	Gb2-21	Gb2-22	Gb2-23	Gb2-24	Gb2-25	Gb2-26

Possibly they come immediately beyond glyph number 261:

Gb1-5	Gb1-6	Gb1-7 (261)	Gb1-8	Gb1-9
Gb1-10	Gb1-11	Gb1-12	Gb1-13	Gb1-14
Gb1-15	Gb1-16	Gb1-17	Gb1-18	Gb1-19