To begin with the text of G, our usual point of departure, we look in vain for any honui glyphs. The same goes for the K text. But there are (in G, not in K) honu glyphs with holes in them. I do not expect the meaning of such honu glyphs to be equal to that of honui glyphs. Tagata, the fundamental type from which the honui type seems to have evolved, is quite different from honu. It may, however, be a good idea to investigate the honu glyphs in G as a kind of prelude to the honui glyph type. Honu came early in this dictionary, and now we have more experience to rely upon. If this investigation will make clear what honu stands for, and also why some of them have holes, then it ought to be easier to compare honui glyphs with such honu glyphs which have holes. Said and done. These are the 30 honu glyphs in G: Ga3-12 Ga4-2 Ga4-11 Ga5-10 Ga5-12 Ga5-14 Ga5-22 Ga5-25 Ga5-28 Ga6-12 Ga6-24 Ga7-11 Ga7-25 Ga7-26 Ga7-29 Gb1-3 Gb2-19 Gb2-34 Gb3-1 Gb3-4 Gb3-5 Gb3-10 Gb3-15 Gb4-4 Gb4-7 Gb6-8 Gb6-10 Gb6-26 Gb7-3 Gb8-17 I have redmarked 17 of them. The rest (13) I consider as different, to be discussed under takaure, tamaiti, respectively hakaua: takaure tamaiti hakaua To save space in the main part of the dictionary the investigation into honu in G will be done in the pages to which this link leads.

In the summary at honu it was stated that light and water stand in opposition to each other, implying that spring sun ('fire') and turtle ('water') are mutually exclusive. Since then it has dawned upon us, following the wisdom of Ogotemmêli, that they are complementary - different sides of the same phenomenon. Sun heats the water and the evaporation will later turn into rain and close the cycle. Flames move upwards, water downwards. Looking at the honu glyphs of G, I noticed they have a tendency to be concentrated in what presumably is the 2nd quarter of the year, when sun is at his strongest. These 10 (out of a total 17) caught my attention: Ga5-10 Ga5-12 Ga5-14 Ga5-22 Ga5-25 Ga5-28 Ga6-24 Ga7-25 Ga7-26 Ga7-29 Redmarked Ga5-10 and Ga6-24 obviously belong together in some way. At least they serve the function of forming a group of the 5 honu glyphs between them. There is one more glyph of this sort, viz. Gb6-26: side a (including Gb8-30) side b 120 43 65 178 63 Ga5-10 (121) Ga6-24 (165) Gb6-26 (409) 230 242 120 is a regular number and possibly indicates ⅓ of 360, 4 solar months. If we add the preceding 63 in the cycle we will reach half 366. Adding 45 more (from Ga5-10 up to and including Ga6-24) we get 183 + 45 = 228 = 12 * 19, a well-known number we should recognize. The remainder is 65 + 178 + 1 (Gb6-26) = 244 = 4 * 61 (or ⅔ of 366). These numbers suggest the triplet of 3 honu glyphs have a role to play in dividing the 'year' (472 days long) into sections: 183 43 65 178 Ga5-10 (121) Ga6-24 (165) Gb6-26 (409) 228 = 12 * 19 244 = 4 * 61 6 * 24 (as in Ga6-24) = 144 = 12 * 12, maybe expressing how far spring sun can go, not beyond a well defined limit. As to Gb6-26 we probably should increase 6 with 8 (for the glyph lines on side a), and then we receive a satisfactory 14 * 26 = 364, another firm limit for the sun.

The lowest measure for indicating Te Pei (the 8th kuhane station) is 8 * 28.5 = 228: Ga8-24 (228) Ga8-25 Ga8-26 Gb1-1 Gb1-2 (232) Gb1-3 Gb1-4 Gb1-5 Gb1-6 (236) Gb1-7 Gb1-8 Gb1-9 And:   ... The distance from the first to the second of the two redmarked hanau glyphs is 70: 69 Ga6-17 (158) Ga8-24 (228) 8 * 24 (as in Ga8-24) = 192 (which is the number of glyphs in K). 228 - 192 = 36, and the 36th glyph (counted from Gb8-30) comes in the 3rd period of a 6-period calendar: 1 1 Ga2-1 Ga2-2 Ka2-11 Ka2-12 2 2 Ga2-3 Ga2-4 Ka2-13 Ka2-14 3 3 Ga2-5 (36) Ga2-6 Ka2-15 Ka2-16 4 4 Ga2-7 Ga2-8 Ka2-17 Ka2-18 5 5 Ga2-9 Ga2-10 Ka2-19 Ka2-20 6 6 Ga2-11 Ga2-12 Ka2-21 Ka2-22 Halfway through this calendar means midsummer if the calendar stretches for a year.   In other words: 228, the lowest number indicating Te Pei, is a much higher number than 180 (or 182 etc) which we would expect for half a year (and for the first side of the G tablet). In K there is a more reasonable 192 for both sides, and the short text presumably covers only the first half of the year. 228 - 192 = 36 is the difference to be accounted for, and Ga2-6 is glyph number 36 if we count from Ga1-1. It stands as glyph number 6 in the 12-glyph long calendar, probably mapping the whole solar year, cfr e.g. Ga2-10 where there is a hole through which sun can leave in autumn. And moe in Ga2-34 is suitably located where the light from spring sun has appeared. 6 double months, with one glyph for each month. We have earlier discussed why the text of K does not stretch to 228. ... by adding the distance between Ka3-14 and Kb3-7 to 144 we will reach 228, i.e. 36 days beyond the end of the text of K: 82 35 ... 11 35 - Ka3-14 (60) Ka3-15 Kb3-7 (144) Kb5-8 (180) Kb5-20 228 84 36 12 36 84 168 = 6 * 28

It must be observed that I here have changed (corrected) a false earlier page in the dictionary. I had position 226 (instead of 228) at Ga8-24 (at hanau). The new page is presented above.

Instead of an earlier number 68 from Ga6-17 to Ga8-24 the correct value is 70 (which we nowadays immediately recognize as more proper for indicating the two squares 25 and 36).

Sun moves from birth to his untimely death at midsummer, rising higher and higher like Ikaros. After having moved 8 stations (64) he plunges into the sea, moving like a meteor down to rock bottom.

8 * 29.5 = 236, half the cycle of the text in G. Down on earth we follow him with interest. Our time moves slower, we have 7 when sun has 8. Which means the number of months from birth to fall will be 7, and indeed Manuscript E says Te Pei is the 7th kuhane station. Where is 8, Te Varu Kainga? Not on earth, I would say.

228 - 36 (the sun number) = 192, the number of glyphs in K, is equal to 12 * 16. The square of 12 is 144. The square of 6 is 36. 144 + 36 = 180, the proper number of days for the rising sun. The square root of 180 is difficult to find.

K has 12 days more than 180, and it seems those 12 are at the end of the text.

84 (cfr above) will then change into 72, which is a proper number for rising sun, because 5 * 72 = 360.

Fact is that 7 * 29.5 = 206.5, or slightly more than 180 + 26. At Te Pei sun is gone. His last kuhane station is number 26.

At 6 * 29.5 = 177 he assuredly is still with us. We should add 3 in order to reach 6 * 30 = 180. If we reduce 236 with 36 (which seems to be the message in Ga8-24) there will be an orderly 200 as number for the sun at Te Pei.

His pace is 20 we have deduced, and he has 10 stations. 200 - 50 (before the kiore - henua calendar begins, and disregarding black 7) = 150, the appropriate number for half the course of sun (seen from another perspective).

228 = 12 * 19, and 19 says it too - spring sun left at 12 * 18 = 216. But we must take away 36 (sun moves along the hypotenuse), and 216 - 36 = 180.

How can I explain this in the dictionary? Clearly honu at Ga6-24 stands at the end of the spring sun 'square'.