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494. There is no true viri glyph in the C text, but Ca3-19 has a somewhat similar outline:

tapamea - tagata rima iri te henua te hokohuki te kava te kiore i te henua

Kava. 1. Sour; salty: vai kava, saltwater, sea; te kava o te haíga, acrid underarm smell; tagata kava - tagata kakara i te kava, man with smelly armpits. 2. He-kava te haha, to be thirsty. 3. To turn sour, to become embittered, bad-tempered, exasperated (used with manava): tagata manava kava, bad-tempered, angry man. Vanaga. Bitter, salt; vai kava, brackish water; hakakava, to embalm; kavakava, acid, sharp, bitter, salt, spiritous, vinegar, poisonous, disagreeable; akavakava, to make sharp; hakakavakava, to make acid. P Pau.: kava, disagreeable to the taste; kavakava, acid, sharp. Mgv.: kava, to be bitter, sour, acid, salt. Mq.: kava, bitter. Ta.: ava, bitter, acid, salt. Kavahia: 1. Comfort, comfortable, to feast; hakakavahia, comfort, comfortable. 2. Repulsive (of food), disgusted; hakakavahia, repulsion. Kavakava, rib; moi kavakava, a house god G. P Mgv.: vakavaka, the breast. Mq.: vakavaka, vaávaá, rib. Ma.: wakawaka, parallel ridges. We shall need all the available material in order to determine the germ sense of this word. Sa.: va'ava'a, the breast-bone of a bird; fa'ava'a, the frame as of a slate. To.: vakavaka, the side. Fu.: vakavaka, the side below the armpit. Ha.: hoowaa, to make furrows. In all these we may see the idea of ridge or depression, or of both, as primal (Rapanui, Samoa, Marquesas, Maori, Hawaii), and as secondary the part of the body where such appearances is common (Mangareva, Tonga, Futuna). Churchill. Mgv.: kava, the pepper plant and the drink made therefrom. Ta.: ava, id. Mq.: kava, id. Sa.: 'ava, id. Ma.: kawa, a pepper. Kavakava, a fish. Sa.: 'ava'ava, id. Kavapui, a tree. Ta.: avapuhi, a fragrant plant. Mq.: kavapui, wild ginger. Sa.: 'avapui, id. Ha.: awapuhi, id. Churchill. Mq.: ava, a small fish of sweet water. Sa.. 'ava'ava, a small fish. Ha.: awa, a fish. Kakava, burnt. Sa.: 'a'ava, very hot. Churchill.

kava

Ca3-17 Ca3-18 Ca3-19 (70) Ca3-20
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

May 28 (148)

Rohini-4 (The Red One) / Pidnu-sha-Shame-4 (Furrow of Heaven) / ANA-MURI-2 (Rear pillar - at the foot of which was the place for tattooing)

ALDEBARAN = α Tauri (68.2), THEEMIN = υ² Eridani (68.5)
29 (356 + 149 = 514)

no star listed (69)

30 (→ 5 * 30 = 150)

no star listed (70)

31

TABIT = π³ Orionis (71.7), π² Orionis (71.9)

320 (South Pole star, Dramasa) - 71 (Tabit) = 249 (Antares)
CLOSE TO THE SUN:

Nov 27 (148 + 183)

HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0) 
28 (332)

ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)

29 (150 + 183)

ATRIA = α Tr. Austr. (253.9)

30 (*254 = *71 + *183)

Tail-6 (Tiger)

WEI (Tail) = ε Scorpii, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB = μ Scorpii (254.7)
JAN 31 FEBR 1 (32 = 73 - 41) 2 3 4 (115 - 80) 356
Ca3-21 (→ March 21 → Gregorian equinox) Ca3-22 (73) Ca3-23 Ca3-24 Ca3-25 (→ March 25→ Julian equinox)
tagata tuu rima ki ruga te maitaki te henua Rei hata ia tagata rogo

Hata. 1. Table, bureau. P Pau.: afata, a chest, box. Mgv.: avata, a box, case, trunk, coffin. Mq.: fata, hata, a piece of wood with several branches serving as a rack, space, to ramify, to branch; fataá, hataá, stage, step, shelf. Ta.: fata, scaffold, altar. 2. Hakahata, to disjoint; hakahatahata, to loosen, to stretch. P Pau.: vata, an interval, interstice. Mgv.: kohata, the space between two boards, to be badly joined; akakohata, to leave a space between two bodies badly joined; hakahata, to be large, broad, wide, spacious, far off. Mq.: hatahata, fatafata, having chinks, not tightly closed, disjointed. Ta.: fatafata, open. 3. Hatahata, calm, loose, prolix, vast. Mgv.: hatahara, broad, wide, spacious, at one's ease. Ta.: fatafata, free from care. Mq.: hatahata, empty, open. 4. Hatahata, tube, pipe, funnel. Churchill. Sa.: fata, a raised house in which to store yams, a shelf, a handbarrow, a bier, a litter, an altar, to carry on a litter; fatāmanu, a scaffold. To.: fata, a loft, a bier, a handbarrow, to carry on a bier; fataki, a platform. Fu.: fata, a barrow, a loft; fatataki, two sticks or canes attached to each other at each side of a house post to serve as a shelf. Niuē: fata, a cage, a handbarrow, a shelf, a stage, (sometimes) the upper story of a house. Uvea: fata, a barrow, a bier. Fotuna: fata, a stage. Ta.: fata, an altar, a scaffold, a piece of wood put up to hang baskets of food on; afata, a chest, a box, a coop, a raft, a scaffold. Pau.: fata, a heap; afata, a box, a chest. Ma.: whata, a platform or raised storehouse for food, an altar, to elevate, to support. Moriori: whata, a raft. Mq.: fata, hata, hataá, shelves. Rapanui: hata, a table. Ha.: haka, a ladder, an artificial henroost; alahaka, a ladder. Mg.: ata, a shelf; atamoa, a ladder; atarau, an altar. Mgv.: avata, a coffer, a box. Vi.: vata, a loft, a shelf; tāvata, a bier. The Samoan fata is a pair of light timbers pointed at the ends and tied across the center posts of the house, one in front, the other behind the line of posts; rolls of mats and bales of sennit may be laid across these timbers; baskets or reserved victuals may be hung on the ends. The litter and the barrow are two light poles with small slats lashed across at intervals. The Marquesan fata is a stout stem of a sapling with the stumps of several branches, a hat tree in shape, though found among a barehead folk. These illustrations are sufficient to show what is the common element in all these fata identifications, light cross-pieces spaced at intervals. With this for a primal signifaction it is easy to see how a ladder, a raft, a henroost, an altar come under the same stem for designation. Perhaps Samoan fatafata the breast obtains the name by reason of the ribs; it would be convincing were it not that the plumpness of most Samoans leaves the ribs a matter of anatomical inference. Churchill 2. ... Teke said to Oti, 'Go and take the hauhau tree, the paper mulberry tree, rushes, tavari plants, uku koko grass, riku ferns, ngaoho plants, the toromiro tree, hiki kioe plants (Cyperus vegetus), the sandalwood tree, harahara plants, pua nakonako plants, nehenehe ferns, hua taru grass, poporo plants, bottle gourds (ipu ngutu), kohe plants, kavakava atua ferns, fragrant tuere heu grass, tureme grass (Diochelachne sciurea), matie grass, and the two kinds of cockroaches makere and hata.' ... The division into quarters of a 28-series can be applied to the main phases of the moon during the visible period as was as to a (reflex of the old world?) sidereal month. The separate subgroup (29 makere - 30 hata) consists of the names of two types of cockroaches, but in related eastern Polynesian languages these names can also be explained on a different level. MAO. makere, among others, 'to die', and whata, among others, 'to be laid to rest on a platform', deserve special attention. The theme hinted at is one of death and burial. In our scheme they occur at just that time when the moon 'has died'! This lends further support to the lunar thesis. Barthel 2.

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
June 1

π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8)

*31.0 = *72.4 - *41.4

2 (336 - 183 = 153)

π¹ Orionis (73.0), ο² Orionis (73.4), HASSALEH = ι Aurigae (73.6), π6 Orionis (73.9)

3

ALMAAZ (The Male Goat) = ε Aurigae (74.7), HAEDUS I = ζ Aurigae (74.8)

4

HAEDUS II = η Aurigae (75.9)

5

5h (76.1)

ε Leporis (76.0), CURSA = β Eridani (76.4), λ Eridani (76.7)

*35.0 = *76.4 - *41.4

"April 21 22 (153 - 41 = 112) 23 24 25

CLOSE TO THE SUN:
22 Sept (Equinox) 23 (266 = 272 - 6) 24 25 26
Dec 1

Ophiuchi (255.3), GRAFIAS (Claws) = ζ Scorpii (255.4)

*214.0 = *255.4 - *41.4

2 (336 = 4 * 84)

κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), CUJAM (Club) = ε Herculi (256.9)

3

no star listed (257)

4

17h (258.7)

ARRAKIS = μ Draconis (258.7)

5

Mula-19 (The Root)

SABIK (The Preceding One) = η Ophiuchi (259.7), η Scorpii (259.9)
"Oct 21 22 (336 - 41 = 295) 23 24 25
SEPT 28 29 (2 * 136 = 336 - 64) 30 (273) OCT 1 2
manu rere - toga manu toga ka tuu te toga o te manu kua tapu - no te manu

Toga. 1. Winter season. Two seasons used to be distinguished in ancient times: hora, summer, and toga, winter. 2. To lean against somehing; to hold something fast; support, post supporting the roof. 3. To throw something with a sudden movement. 4. To feed oneself, to eat enough; e-toga koe ana oho ki te aga, eat well first when you go to work. Vanaga. 1. Winter. P Pau., Mgv.: toga, south. Mq.: tuatoka, east wind. Ta.: toa, south. 2. Column, prop; togatoga, prop, stay. Togariki, northeast wind. Churchill. Wooden platform for a dead chief: ka tuu i te toga (Bb8-42), when the wooden platform has been erected. Barthel 2. The expressions Tonga, Kona, Toa (Sam., Haw., Tah.), to indicate the quarter of an island or of the wind, between the south and west, and Tokelau, Toerau, Koolau (Sam., Haw., Tah.), to indicate the opposite directions from north to east - expressions universal throughout Polynesia, and but little modified by subsequent local circumstances - point strongly to a former habitat in lands where the regular monsoons prevailed. Etymologically 'Tonga', 'Kona', contracted from 'To-anga' or 'Ko-ana', signifies 'the setting', seil. of the sun. 'Toke-lau', of which the other forms are merely dialectical variations, signifies 'the cold, chilly sea'. Fornander.

Cb2-17 Cb2-18 Cb2-19 (70 + 365) Cb2-20 (436) Cb2-21
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
May 27

no star listed (67)

28 (148)

Rohini-4 (The Red One) / Pidnu-sha-Shame-4 (Furrow of Heaven) / ANA-MURI-2 (Rear pillar - at the foot of which was the place for tattooing)

ALDEBARAN = α Tauri (68.2), THEEMIN = υ² Eridani (68.5)
29 (356 + 149 = 514)

no star listed (69)

30 (→ 5 * 30 = 150)

no star listed (70)

31

TABIT = π³ Orionis (71.7), π² Orionis (71.9)

320 (South Pole star, Dramasa) - 71 (Tabit) = 249 (Antares)
'April 30 'May 1 (121 = 11 * 11) 2 3 4
"April 16 17 (107 = 148 - 41) 18 19 20
MARCH 24 25 (84 = 148 - 64) 26 27 28
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
Nov 26

γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7)

27 (148 + 183)

HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0)
28 (332)

ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)

29 (150 + 183)

ATRIA = α Tr. Austr. (253.9)

30 (*254 = *71 + *183)

Tail-6 (Tiger)

WEI (Tail) = ε Scorpii, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB = μ Scorpii (254.7)
'Oct 30 31 'Nov 1 2 (306 = 333 - 27) 3
"Oct 16 17 18 19 (292 = 333 - 41) 20
SEPT 23 24 25 26 27 (270 = 334 - 64)
ku kikiu - i te henua koia ra tagata tua ivi - te henua tagata tua ivi - ki te henua

Ivi. 1. Bone; fishbone. 2. Ivi-tia, sewing needle. 3. Ivi tika, spine, vertebra. 4. Ivi atua, being of the other world. 5. Ivi tumu atua, seer, wizard. 6. Ivi heheu swordfish. Vanaga. 1. Bone, needle; ivi ika, fishbone; ivi ohio, needle; ivi tika, fishbone, backbone; kiko o te ivi tika, pancreas; ivi heheu, cachalot; ivi tupapaku, skeleton; ivi uha, to grow (of mankind); tooa te kiko e ivi i hakarere, to strip the flesh from the bones; kai ivi, to eat remnants; kore te ivi, cooked too much. 2. Parent, family, ancestry. Churchill. To bend down to allow someone to climb on one's back to be carried (haha); he-ti-atu a Kaiga i te tua ivi, he-haha-mai Huri Avai, Kaiga bent his back and Huri Avai climbed on his shoulders. Vanaga.

Cb2-22 (46 = 30 + 16) Cb2-23 (70 - 23) Cb2-24 Cb2-25
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
June 1 (152 = 136 + 16)

π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8)

*31.0 = *72.4 - *41.4

2

π¹ Orionis (73.0), ο² Orionis (73.4), HASSALEH = ι Aurigae (73.6), π6 Orionis (73.9)

*32.0 = *73.4 - *41.4

3

ALMAAZ (The Male Goat) = ε Aurigae (74.7), HAEDUS I = ζ Aurigae (74.8)

4 (365 + 155 = 520)

HAEDUS II = η Aurigae (75.9)

'May 5 (125 = 152 - 27) 6 7 8 (2 * 64)
"April 21 (111 = 152 - 41) 22 23 24
MARCH 29 (88 = 152 - 64) 30 31 APRIL 1
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
Dec 1

Ophiuchi (255.3), GRAFIAS (Claws) = ζ Scorpii (255.4)

*214.0 = *255.4 - *41.4

2 (320 + 16 = 4 * 84)

κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), CUJAM (Club) = ε Herculi (256.9)

3

no star listed (257)

4

17h (258.7)

ARRAKIS = μ Draconis (258.7)
ºNov 27 28 (320 - 4 = 316) 29 30
'Nov 4 5 6 (310 = 337 - 27) 7
"Oct 21 22 (295 = 336 - 41) 23 24
SEPT 28 29 (272 = 2 * 136) 30 OCT 1

Given Rogo was at Ca3-25 (→ 84), i.e. at heliacal Cursa (*76.4 → *35.0 + *41.4 → "April 25 → 115 → Mercury), we possibly should add 23 glyphs in order to reach the solstice:

... The correspondence between the winter solstice and the kali'i rite of the Makahiki is arrived at as follows: ideally, the second ceremony of 'breaking the coconut', when the priests assemble at the temple to spot the rising of the Pleiades, coincides with the full moon (Hua tapu) of the twelfth lunar month (Welehu). In the latter eighteenth century, the Pleiades appear at sunset on 18 November. Ten days later (28 November), the Lono effigy sets off on its circuit, which lasts twenty-three days, thus bringing the god back for the climactic battle with the king on 21 December, the solstice (= Hawaiian 16 Makali'i). The correspondence is 'ideal' and only rarely achieved, since it depends on the coincidence of the full moon and the crepuscular rising of the Pleiades ...

And maybe the journey of the Explorers went in time-space from the ancient time of the Bull to Roman times:

... [E:17] On the twenty-fifth day of the first month (Vaitu Nui), Ira and Makoi set sail; on the first day of June ('Maro'), the bow of Ira's canoe appeared on the distant horizon, came closer and closer on its course, and sailed along, and finally (one) could see the (new home) land ...

ihe pepe rere ka rere ki tona nohoga te moko manu rere tupu te rakau

Pepe. 1. A sketch. 2. Bench, chair, couch, seat, sofa, saddle; here pepe, mau pepe, to saddle; noho pepe, a tabouret. Pepepepe, bedstead. 3. Pau.: butterfly. Ta.: pepe, id. Mq.: pepe, id. Sa.: pepe, id. Ma.: pepe, a moth; pepererau, fin, Mgv.: pererau, wing. Ta.: pereraru, id. Ma.: parirau, id. Harepepe, kelp. Here pepe, to saddle. Churchill. Sa.: pepe, a butterfly, a moth, to flutter about. Nukuoro, Fu., Niuē, Uvea, Fotuna, Nuguria, Ta., Mq.: pepe, a butterfly. Ma.: pepe, a grup, a moth; pepepepe, a butterfly; pepeatua, a species of butterfly. To.: bebe, a butterfly. Vi.: mbèbè, a butterfly. Rotumā: pep, id. Churchill 2. Mq.: Pepepepe, low, flat. Ha.: pepepe, id. Churchill.

Noho. 1. To sit, to stay, to remain, to live (somewhere), to wait; ka-noho, you stay! (i.e. 'good-bye', said by the person leaving). 2. Figuratively: he noho te eve, to be calm, at peace; he noho te mana'u, to concentrate on something, to fix one's attention on; ku-noho á te mana'u o te tagata ki ruga ki te aga, the man thinks constantly of his work. Vanaga. Seat, bench, dwelling, marriage, position, posture, situation, session, sojourn; to sit, to dwell, to reside, to rest, to halt, to inhabit; noho hahatu, to sit cross-legged; noho hakahaga, apathy; noho heenua, countryman; noho kaiga, native; noho kenu, married; noho ke noho ke, to change place; noho muri, to stay behind; noho noa, invariable; noho opata, to stand on a cliff; noho pagaha, badly placed; noho pepe, table; noho tahaga, bachelor, unmarried; noho vie, married, noho no, apathy, stay-at-home, colonist, idler, inhabitant, inactive, immobile, settler, lazy, loiterer. Hakanoho, to abolish, to rent, to lease, to enslave, to dissuade, to exclude, to exempt, to install, to substitute, hostage. Hakanohohia, stopped. Nohoga, seat. Nohoturi, to kneel, genuflexion. Nohovaega, to preside. Churchill.

Ca4-21 Ca4-22 Ca4-23 (99 = 76 + 23) Ca4-24 Ca4-25
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
June 26 (177)

β Monocerotis, ν Gemini (97.0)

27

no star listed (98)

28

ν Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5)

*58.0 = *99.4 - *41.4

GEMMA (α Cor. Bor.)
29 (180)

 ψ4 Aurigae (100.5), MEBSUTA (Outstretched)  = ε Gemini (100.7)

 
30

SIRIUS = α Canis Majoris (101.2), ψ5 Aurigae (101.4), ν Gemini (101.6), ψ6 Aurigae (101.7)

*60.0 = *101.4 - *41.4

... In other words, the ancient Druidic religion based on the oak-cult will be swept away by Christianity and the door - the god Llyr - will languish forgotten in the Castle of Arianrhod, the Corona Borealis. This helps us to understand the relationship at Rome of Janus and the White Goddess Cardea who is ... the Goddess of Hinges who came to Rome from Alba Longa. She was the hinge on which the year swung - the ancient Latin, not the Etruscan year - and her importance as such is recorded in the Latin adjective cardinalis - as we say in English 'of cardinal importance - which was also applied to the four main winds; for winds were considered as under the sole direction of the Great Goddess until Classical times ...

ºJune 22 (115 + 58) 23 24 (175 = 84 + 91) 25 (115 + 61) 26
'May 30 (177 - 27 = 150) 31 'June 1 (152 = 115 + 37) 2 3
"May 16 (136 = 177 - 41) 17 18 (115 + 23) 19 20
APRIL 23 24 25 (115 → Mercury) 26 27

... Ganz ähnlich is der Name 'Gott von Duazag' des Gottes Nabū ... zu erklären. Er bezeichnet ihn als den Gott des Wachtstums, welches als aus dem Osten stammend betrachtet wird, weil die Sonne, die das Wachstum bringt, im Osten aufgeht. Dass aber Nabū als Ost-Gott aufgefasst wurde, hängt damit zusammen, dass sein Stern, der Mercur, nur im Osten oder Westen sichtbar ist ...

 Synodic cycles

Mercury

115.88

Venus

583.92

Earth

364.0 = π * 115.88

Moon

413 = 364 + 49

Mars

779.96

Jupiter

398.88 = 115.88 + 283.00

Saturn

378.09

Uranus

369.66

CLOSE TO THE SUN:
Dec 26 (360)

ν Pavonis (280.4), κ Cor. Austr. (280.9)

*239.0 = *280.4 - *41.4
27

Abhijit-22 (Victorious)

θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA = α Lyrae (281.8)
28

no star listed (282)

29

ζ Pavonis (283.4), λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), DOUBLE DOUBLE = ε Lyrae (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8)

*242.0 = *283.4 - *41.4
30 (364)

South Dipper-8 (Unicorn)

Φ Sagittarii (284.0), μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8)

360

manu rere i te taketake te henua - mau i te taketake manu rere kiore - henua

... The specific epithet taketake is Māori for long established, ancient, or original ...

Cb3-21 (70 = 47 + 23) Cb3-22 Cb4-1 (464 = 392 + 72) Cb4-2 (73 = 50 + 23)
June 25

no star listed (96)

26 (177)

β Monocerotis, ν Gemini (97.0)

27

no star listed (98)

28

ν Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5)

*58.0 = *99.4 - *41.4

GEMMA (α Cor. Bor.)
Solstice (355 - 183 = 172) ºJune 22 (115 + 58) 23 24 (175 = 84 + 91)
Dec 25

KAUS BOREALIS = λ Sagittarii (279.3)

26 (360)

ν Pavonis (280.4), κ Cor. Austr. (280.9)

*239.0 = *280.4 - *41.4
27

Abhijit-22 (Victorious)

θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA = α Lyrae (281.8)
28

no star listed (282)

Solstice (332 + 23 = 355) ºDec 22 23 24

Tagata rogo at heliacal Cursa ought to be found also on side b of the tablet and when I once upon a time tried to find all the possible viri glyphs in order to make a catalogue I decided also Cb3-1 should be among the candidates:

Ca3-19 Ca13-9 Cb2-25 Cb3-1 Cb11-6
E vae ra - ka oho - ki te henua - kua huki ku kikiu - te henua
Cb3-1 (50) Cb3-2
June 5 (522)

5h (76.1)

ε Leporis (76.0), CURSA = β Eridani (76.4), λ Eridani (76.7)

*35.0 = *76.4 - *41.4

6 (157 = 314 / 2)

μ Aurigae, μ Leporis (77.6)

Dec 5

Mula-19 (The Root)

SABIK (The Preceding One) = η Ophiuchi (259.7), η Scorpii (259.9)
6 (340)

NODUS I = ζ Draconis (260.0), π Herculis (260.7), RAS ALGETHI = α Herculis (260.8)

... Sacred product of the people's agriculture, the installation kava is brought forth in Lau by a representative of the native owners (mataqali Taqalevu), who proceeds to separate the main root in no ordinary way but by the violent thrusts of a sharp implement (probably, in the old time, a spear). Thus killed, the root (child of the land) is then passed to young men (warriors) of royal descent who, under the direction of a priest of the land, prepare and serve the ruler's cup ...