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Once again, ua has its 'back' in front as its normal position, and the example I have once chosen to represent the glyph type ua is the reversed variant, the one who is on its way to be changed into a 'fire generator':

Cb2-4 (420) ua Cb4-6 (420 + 49) Cb4-20 (420 + 63)

The 'cap' of koti presumably depicts the high summer 'shell' of the sky dome.

598
Ab4-36 Aa3-40 Aa3-41 (216) Aa3-42 Aa3-43
299 300 = 192 + 216 / 2 1

Using our firm conviction of the 'back' of ua in a frontal position meaning the dark and rainy season, we can see that the front side of Tahua indeed is side a:

Aa3-41 Aa6-4 Aa6-7 Aa6-25 Aa6-35 Aa6-66 Aa6-72
Aa6-74 Aa8-11 Aa8-14 Aa8-17
Ab2-80 Ab4-40 Ab4-70 Ab5-79 Ab6-23 Ab6-25 Ab6-35
Ab6-36 Ab6-58 Ab6-60 Ab6-61 Ab7-70 Ab8-82 Ab8-83

Furthermore, Aa3-41 is the first of the ua glyphs on side a, and Aa6-66 is an exception to the rule that 'back-side' ua belong on side b.

Interestingly, there are two exceptions to the rule for ua on the back side (side b) - viz. that they should have their 'back-sides' at right, in front:

626
Aa6-66 (482) Ab6-35 Ab6-36 (1110)
241 313 555
314

The success with ua in Tahua makes me try also with maitaki - which I guess instead occupies the front side. After excluding some complex glyphs the picture is:

Aa1-53 Aa1-78 Aa1-84 Aa2-67 Aa3-39 Aa3-66
Aa3-71 Aa4-1 Aa4-7 Aa4-28 Aa4-45 Aa4-53
Aa4-69 Aa4-72 Aa5-8 Aa5-11 Aa5-13 Aa5-38
Aa5-44 Aa5-52 Aa5-53 Aa6-32 Aa6-33 Aa6-47
Aa6-68 Aa6-82 Aa7-8 Aa7-9 Aa7-10 Aa7-11
Aa7-16 Aa7-17 Aa7-23 Aa7-24 Aa7-27 Aa7-33
Aa7-34 Aa7-45 Aa7-46 Aa7-49 Aa7-55 Aa7-66
Aa7-74 Aa7-78 Aa7-83 Aa8-47 Aa8-49 Aa8-53
Aa8-69 Aa8-76 Aa8-80
Ab1-4 Ab1-8 Ab1-54 Ab1-66 Ab2-4 Ab2-5
Ab2-60 Ab2-70 Ab3-50 Ab4-39 Ab5-7 Ab5-9
Ab5-37 Ab5-39 Ab5-41 Ab5-48 Ab5-50 Ab5-52
Ab5-55 Ab5-58 Ab5-67 Ab5-68 Ab5-80 Ab6-2
Ab6-38 Ab6-39 Ab6-40 Ab6-63 Ab6-65 Ab6-66
Ab6-67 Ab6-69 Ab6-70 Ab6-72 Ab6-73 Ab6-74
Ab6-75 Ab6-88 Ab6-90 Ab7-27 Ab7-30 Ab7-32
Ab7-36 Ab7-62 Ab7-75 Ab7-76 Ab8-8 Ab8-38
Ab8-58 Ab8-59 Ab8-74

I suspect the missing midsection of koti glyphs exhibits a rhombic shape alluding to what we above can see in triplicate in many glyphs on side b of Tahua:

koti inoino