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TRANSLATIONS
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We
have now looked quickly on the first 6 of the nuku glyphs in
Q:
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Qa3-1 |
Qa3-18 |
Qa3-22 |
Qa3-24 |
Qa5-30 |
*Qa7-6 |
The
idea of rima vae (no 'fire') has been tested where it should,
viz. at the beginning of side a, where spring sun should rule and
where there ought to be much 'fire'. Arguments have been found to
explain all 6 nuku glyphs.
The
Moriori fishermen have told us that 8 daughters were born of
heaven and earth:
"...
Ruanuku, Motu ariki, Te Ao marama, Tu mare,
Ranganuku, Matariki, Wari, and Ro Tauira
the pattern-maid - these were the females. These were Rangitokona's
descendants born of heaven and the earth ..." (Legends of the South
Seas)
The
first daughter was Ruanuku. I guess she is
mentioned first because she ought to be located at the beginning of
the 2nd half of the year, the time when spring sun has left and moon
will rule the sky. Sun is reborn at the beginning of the 1st half of
the year and moon at the beginning of the 2nd half.
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Rua
1. Two; second; other (precedes the noun);
te rua paiga, the other side. 2. Hole, grave; holes
in the rocks or between the rocks of the coastal lagoons;
he keri i te rua, to dig a hole. 3. To vomit. Vanaga.
1. Two. P Mgv., Ta.: rua, id. Mq.:
úa. 2. Nausea, seasickness, to vomit, disgust;
hakarua, to vomit, to spew. PS Mgv.: aruai,
ruai, to vomit. Mq.: úa, id. Ta.: ruai,
id. Pau.: ruaki, id. Sa.: lua'i, to spit out
of the mouth; lulua, to vomit. To.: lua to
vomit. Fu.: lulua, luaki, id. Niuē:
lua, id. Viti:
lua, id.;
loloa, seasick. 3. Cave,
hollow, ditch, pit, hole, beaten path, grave; rua
papaka, a ditch. P Pau.:
rua, a hole.
Mgv.: rua, a hole
in the ground, ditch, trench. Mq.: úa,
dish, hole, cavern. Ta.: rua,
hole, opening, ditch. Churchill.
Ta.:
ruahine,
an old woman. Ma.: ruahine,
id. Ta.: ruaroa,
tropic of Capricorn. Mq.: uaoa,
a constellation, the eleventh month. The sense in Tahiti is
probably that of some constellation which may be used to
determine the position. Ta.: ruau,
an old man, an old woman. Ha.: luau,
a parent. Churchill. |
The
hole in the ground (rua), to vomit (rua), two (rua),
are signs we have met when the head of the spring shark disappears,
e.g.:
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Aa6-66 |
Aa6-67 |
According to the Tahitians Ruaroa was the tropic of
Capricorn, and the Marquesans had it as a constellation, presumably
rising to announce the 11th month. The 11th month is the first
beyond the 10 of the sun.
The beginning of the 2nd half of the year coincides - we have
learned from the rongorongo texts - with the end of the 10th
month of spring sun. It presumably is the time of Ruanuku,
the firstborn of 8 lunar double-month daughters of heaven and earth.
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With
Hanga Takaure (*Qa7-17) as point of reference, *Qa7-25 will
be number 9. Here, evidently, the spirit (manu rere) of the
sun king is leaving.
In G
we can search for the corresponding days. 204 - 64 = 140 (as in 10
fortnights):
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Ga5-22 |
Ga5-23 |
Ga5-24 (136) |
Ga5-25 |
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Ga5-26 |
Ga5-27 |
Ga5-28 |
Ga5-29 (140) |
Hanga Takaure is here located at Ga5-24 - where the 1st '36' is
ending, day number 200 from winter solstice (as alluded to by the
henua period number).
Moreover, the 3 feathers up front on ariki probably represent
the spring sun which will be 'eaten' (kai in G, vaha kai
in Q), a 'joke' which we can understand only now by comparing with
Q. We must remember this, that the kai gesture has two
'faces', it can either be used to indicate the growth of the figure
at left or as the figure at left being 'devoured'. It can either
mean tagata kai or kai tagata.
10
months of spring sun is from this perspective ending after 200 days
(with his spirit leaving 4 days later). Each such month measures 20
days.
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200 days are here, in G, measured
from Rogo at Gb6-26
(409), not from day 400. From day
400 the number of days will instead
be 209. From day 413 (Tama)
the number of days will be 196.
Twice 209 = 418:
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Gb7-5 |
Gb7-6 |
Gb7-7 (418) |
Gb7-8 |
Gb7-9 |
Gb7-10 |
Gb7-11 |
Twice 196 = 392 (as the number of
glyphs on side a of C):
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Gb6-5 |
Gb6-6 |
Gb6-7 |
Gb6-8 |
Gb6-9 (392) |
Gb6-10 |
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Gb6-11 |
Gb6-12 |
Gb6-13 |
Gb6-14 |
Gb6-15 |
Gb6-16 |
Twice 200 = 400:
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Gb6-17 (400) |
Gb6-18 |
Gb6-19 |
Gb6-20 |
Gb6-21 |
Gb6-22 |
Gb6-23 |
Gb6-24 |
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Gb6-25 |
Gb6-26 |
Gb6-27 |
Gb6-28 |
Gb7-1 |
Gb7-2 |
Gb7-3 |
Gb7-4 |
400 is here counted from Gb8-30, not
from Rogo at Gb6-26. Likewise
418 and 392.
If we count from Rogo,
instead, we must add 64:
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