hua |
hoea |
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Ha1-30 |
Gb3-23 |
Ka3-14 |
Ga2-26 |
Hua
means 'fruit' and this is also the meaning of the hua glyph type. If the
'fruit' is hanging at the opposite side (at left) the meaning will be
reversed. The opposite of 'fruit', i.e. the new generation in form of
for instance a son, is the old generation - the 'father':
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Gb4-30 |
Ca7-14 |
new generation |
old generation |
These two
examples are each drawn with two 'units' (in contrast to what we can
see in Ha1-30 and Gb3-23). It means the two 'generations' are 'different
individuals' (which we in our own culture take for granted). But in
Polynesia the old generations still live on in the members of the current
generation.
When - as
in Ca7-14 and Gb4-30 - there are two 'units', it must therefore mean
that the 'son' is of another sex. In other words, the moon shapes in
these two glyphs depict
females.