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Before taking on koti at Ab4-36 (where 4 * 36 = 144 = 12 * 12), we must - however - update another dictionary page. I wrote a separate page in order to discuss the meaning of henua koti (Aa6-23) based on its distance from Ab8-45. We have now changed the point of origin to Ab8-41 and the page needs to be rewritten.

This is the result:

 

We can try to put in days, using 2 glyphs per day and count with day 1 equal to Aa1-1--2:

glyph numbers are counted from Aa1-1
Aa6-17 (433) Aa6-18 Aa6-19 Aa6-20 Aa6-21 Aa6-22
217 218 219
Aa6-23 (439) Aa6-24 Aa6-25 Aa6-26 Aa6-27 Aa6-28
440 / 2 = 220 221 222
Aa6-29 (445) Aa6-30 Aa6-31 Aa6-32 Aa6-33 Aa6-34
223 224 225

6-24 (ariga erua) can be understood as sun's (6) end (24), because 6 * 24 = 144 = 12 * 12. And 22 (as in day 22 * 10 = 220) maybe alludes to the formula: The circumference of a circle = its diameter times 7 * π. Measuring a circle you can begin anywhere, but once you come back to the beginning you have reached its end.

Alternatively, we could count days from nuku in Ab8-41:

glyph numbers are counted from Aa1-1
Aa6-16 Aa6-17 (433) Aa6-18 Aa6-19 Aa6-20 Aa6-21
239 240 241
Aa6-22 Aa6-23 (439) Aa6-24 Aa6-25 Aa6-26 Aa6-27
(439 + 45) / 2 = 242 243 244
Aa6-28 Aa6-29 (445) Aa6-30 Aa6-31 Aa6-32 Aa6-33
245 246 247

This alternative seems to be in a better harmony with the glyphs, e.g. are Aa6-30--31 obviously a pair and Aa6-30 connected with Aa6-31.

The ordinal number for koti in Aa6-23 will be changed from 439 to 439 + 45 = 484, which can be interpreted as 48 * 4 = 192. The 'henua season' is ending, henua koti.

Beyond day 240 a Rei glyph indicates the beginning of another season (beyond 8 months à 30 days), and 6 * 20 (in Aa6-20) = 120 is what remains to day 360. These last 4 months evidently are beginning before the previous 'henua season' has ended.

We can compare with G:

Gb1-7 (237) Gb1-8 Gb1-9 Gb1-10 (240)
Gb1-11 Gb1-12 Gb1-13 (243) Gb1-14

Metoro said pu (hole) at henua koti (Aa6-23) and in Gb1-10 there is also has a 'pu' (in addition to a lost head at right). The dramatic events which follow in Gb1-13 - we can imagine - resemble to a certain degree what happens at the same time (day 243) according to Aa6-24--25. Someone is going down, and 243 is a number we should recognize:

242 242
Ga6-25 Gb6-26 (1) Gb1-25 Ga1-25 (90)
243 winter solstice 243 spring equinox

If now the 8th station of the moon is so important as to determine what is half the text of G, then it probably means that also the 8th station of the sun (240) should be important. This could be the true explanation for henua koti.

There is a moe glyph in Aa6-17, the last glyph before day 240. Moe, we have deduced, indicates the last part of a period, the time when the new period not yet has arrived but when - like in early dawn - we can observe its effects. In addition it must be mentioned here that there is a sign '6-17' which indicates beginning.

 

 

We have noticed how the Mamari moon calendar is full with significant numbers, e-g. glyph number 192 (equal to the number of glyphs in K) at Omotohi:

waxing (36 glyphs) 34
Ca6-17 (157) Ca7-24 (192)
waning (36 glyphs) 34
Ca7-25 Ca8-29 (228)

The importance of the first glyph (Ca6-17) is marked by its ordinal number counted from Ca1-1, viz. 157 = 314 / 2.

In G number 6-17 has likewise been chosen for an important first glyph:

Gb6-17 (400) Gb6-18 Gb6-19 Gb6-20
Gb6-21 Gb6-22 Gb6-23 Gb6-24

For some reason 6-17 apparently was used by the rongorongo writers as the first glyph in major time cycles. And Aa6-17 is a moe glyph, a glyph which announces the first light although the new 'person' still is below the horizon:

Aa6-12 Aa6-13 Aa6-14 Aa6-15 Aa6-16 (432) Aa6-17 (433) Aa6-18 Aa6-19
237 238 239 240

Moa in Aa6-16 is followed by moe, then a tagata (at left) with a strange sign at right, the first glyph of day 240.

Day 237 is the first beyond 236 and 241 the first beyond 240. Day 242 has a koti sign, and if we look close we will find a koti also in day 238 (between the bottom tamaiti and the top part).

Moe in Aa6-17 looks like a sleepy old bird with head on its way down, and likewise a head is going down in day 243 (Aa6-25 and Gb1-13):

Aa6-20 Aa6-21 Aa6-22 Aa6-23 (439) Aa6-24 Aa6-25 Aa6-26 Aa6-27
241 (439 + 45) / 2 = 242 243 244
Gb1-7 (237) Gb1-8 Gb1-9 Gb1-10 (240)
Gb1-11 Gb1-12 Gb1-13 (243) Gb1-14

The same rhythm characterizes the evolution beyond day 236 (8 * 29.5) as beyond day 240 (8 * 30).

The sign of a head hanging down alludes to rau hei, which illustrates the beginning of a rebirth 243 days later.

 

368 + 300 = 668 is much too long for a solar year. 300, we have found in G, is the time in days from winter solstice to Te Pei at position 236 counted from Gb8-30. The position of Gb8-30, in turn, comes 63 (reversed 36) days from winter solstice, i.e. Ga1-1 is day 64 from winter solstice. 64 + 236 = 300.

These 300 days seems to be real days, for instance because we have found what appears to be summer solstice 180 days from Rogo at Gb6-26. Next half of the year is then divided by Te Pei in 60 + 120 days. 180 + 60 = 240 and 240 + 120 = 360.

The 'front side' begins with Gb8-30 and after 4 months midsummer will be reached, the first 2 months from winter solstice are at the end of the 'back side'. Another 4 months and Te Pei will come.

To these 8 months must be added 2 at the end of side b in order to find the location from winter solstice. At Te Pei the 300 days of sun is over.

With Te Pei the 'back side' of the year is beginning. The kuhane stations of the moon come into focus, and 2 (moon) will be the sign rather than 1 (sun).

368 / 2 = 184, which possibly could mean that we should count 4 glyphs per day from Ab8-41:

732 596
Ab8-41 (1) Ab8-42 Ab1-20 Ab1-21 (736) Ab1-22 Ab1-23 Ab8-39 Ab8-40
day 1 366 736 / 2 = 368 day 1 298 300
(1334 + 2) glyphs = 668 days = 368 + 300

But the kuhane stations (from Te Pei at Aa6-11 to Hanga Te Pau at Ab1-17) need to be counted with 2 glyphs per day. If 4 (as the number of weeks in a month) glyphs were to be 1 day, then such a rule could only pertain to a sun day count.

184 days for the sun would equal 368 nights for the moon and the number of glyphs are 2 * 368 = 736.

If winter solstice is on side b also in Tahua, and 64 days before the 'front side', we ought to reduce 184 with 64 days because they are needed to reach 300 days from winter solstice to Te Pei.

184 - 64 = 120 = the 4 months from Te Pei to the end of the year.

300 + 120 = 420, the cycle for a conjunction between 60 (sun) and 70 (moon). 7 * 60 = 6 * 70.

It is not possible to compress 1336 to 360 (nor to 400), because moon must be respected.

Nevertheless, we can look for winter solstice either somewhere 64 * 2 = 128 (or possibly 64 * 4 = 256) glyphs before the end of side b.