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TRANSLATIONS
This extensive comparison of the K text with the kuhane stations on side a of G proves it to be rather improbable that the creator of the K text tried to put the stations on his 'map'. Nevertheless, the flow of glyphs and the structure much resembles that on side a of G. The details which differ certainly partly are due to the shorter glyph lines in K. In K the calendar proper ends with the last glyph in line b4, in G it ends with the last glyph in line a6:
The vacant space which I have numbered *Kb5-1 has never been occupied by any glyph. The glyphs immediately before and after are intact, and with Nga Kope Ririva equal to the three rocks outside the island proper in the extreme southwest it is obvious that the vacant space was meant to illustrate the sea between the mainland and the three islets. The basic structure underlying the kuhane stations enable us to draw conclusions relating to the K text. In G the sea between mainland and the three islets is represented by viri in Ga7-1. There is just one more proper viri in G, and its location in Te Poko Uri (where sun reappears in spring), can now be understood - sun arrives across the water in the east:
In the new perspective we can understand why there are several honu glyphs here. Turtles are connected with generating fire. Mauga in Ga5-19 has a little eye at right - the darkness implied by mauga is annullated by the eye in front. Vero in Ga5-17 is located at 128 (twice the number of squares on a chessboard). Its location suggests the Hawaiian point of view rather than that of the Marquesas:
But Hawaii lies on the other side of the quator. 10 (Marquesas) - 4 (Hawaii) = 6 (half a year). In other words: Hawaii and Marquesas agree on the time. Should we then think Te Poko Uri to be the 10th lunar night? It would explain why there is a spear - it is the spear of the sun who reappears and kills the dark season. 10 * 29.5 - 128 = 167. Before the first glyph on side a there may be 168 glyphs (24 weeks) preceding the calendar proper. The lunar 'night' of the year appears to cover 167 + 117 (at Ga5-6) = 284 nights = 4 * 42 + 4 * 29 days. 354 + 14 - 168 = 200 = 10 month à 20 days is the lifetime of the sun, counted from new year in midwinter. The Gilbertese did not count beyond 20 days in a month. Ga7-30 is glyph number 200:
In ika hiku we can guess why there are 3 limbs at right - they presumably refer to the coming spring. Viri in Kb1-14 has number 111, which number is equal to the amount accumulated in the first 4 glyph lines in G (and similar to 333 for the first 4 glyph lines in A):
With viri indicating the sea (in opposition to land) the idea may be to indicate a triplet of time periods before sun arrives on dry land. There are 3 viri glyphs in K and one (Kb4-6, 159) we found between the island proper and Nga Kope Ririva, while this one (Kb1-14, 111) is connected with sun arriving at the horizon in the east (i.e. where sea is meeting sky). From sun's arrival over the ocean in the east on day 111 to day 159 when he leaves the island again moving across the sea channel to the three islets (standing there like 1, 1, 1), there are 159 - 111 = 48 days (= 6 * 8)..
The 3rd viri (which is the first one in the calendar) possibly indicates the stage of the evolution when sky is being reborn from the sea:
The normal connection between viri and 29 is evident only at Ka2-5:
From Ka2-5 to Kb4-6 there are 130 glyphs, possibly to be read as 26 times 5 nights.
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