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92. If maitaki+henua together in Ca5-12--13 represented the first of the 3 islets outside the southeastern corner of Easter Island, then Motu Nui could have corresponded to day 118 (= 354 / 3) counted from the beginning of the C text, from heliacal Alchita and nakshatra Sirrah:

Ξ Φ

... During my field work, questions about Taana yielded the following answer: Once he ruled a land called Hiva or Ovakevake, where all spirits (akuaku) have their home. Through the power of his mana he learned of the location of Easter Island and sent his three sons across the sea to the island. When his three sons approached the cliff Te Karikari (on the outer rim of the crater Rano Kau), an evil sorcerer changed them into rocks. A jealous relative on the maternal side, Riu, caused this to happen. The three sons of Taana became the islets Motu Nui, Motu Iti, and Motu Kaokao, which can be seen to this day. The similarity to Ms. E is unmistakeable. The three rocky islets off the cliffs of the southwestern part of Easter Island, once closely connected with the cult of the birdman, were considered the landmark of Easter Island ...

no glyph
Ca1-1 Ca1-2 Ca1-3 Ca1-4 Ca1-5 Ca1-6
koia ki te hoea ki te henua te rima te hau tea haga i te mea ke ki te henua - tagata honui
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and nakshatra dates):
ºMarch 17 18 (77) 19 20 (*365) 21 (0h) 22 23
SIRRAH (Navel of the Horse) ALGENIB PEGASI       ANKAA (*5)  
March 21 (0h)

'Febr 22

22

TERMINALIA

23

24

24 (83)

25

JULIAN EQUINOX

26

26

27

27

28 (59)

"Febr 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 (45)
JAN 16 (*301) 17 18 19 20 21 22
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN (helical dates):
ºSept 16 17 (260) 18 19 20 (*183) 21 (264) EQUINOX
ALCHITA = α Corvi, MINKAR (Beak) = ε Corvi PÁLIDA (Pale) = δ Crucis    GIENAH (Wing) = γ Corvi, ζ Crucis CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi   INTROMETIDA = ε Crucis, ACRUX = α Crucis ALGORAB = δ Corvi, GACRUX = γ Crucis  AVIS SATYRA = η Corvi, KRAZ = β Corvi
Sept 20

'Aug 24

(264 = 237 + 27)

(237 = 242 - 5)

EQUINOX

26

23 (266)

27

24

28 (240)

25 (*5 + 183)

29

(59 + 183 + 27)

30 (242 = 11 * 22)

"Aug 10 11 12 13 14 15 (227) 16
JULY 18 19 (264 - 64) 20 21 22 / 7 (π) 23 24 (*125)
time of the Bull
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and nakshatra dates):
Nga Kope Ririva Tutuu Vai A Te Taanga (= Ξ, Χ, Ζ in ARGO NAVIS?)
AZMIDISKE (Ξ) Φ Gemini (*118) DRUS (χ) Ω Cancri NAOS (Ζ)
July 16

'June 19

"June 5

MAY 13

17

20 (*91)

6 (157 = 471 / 3)

5-14 (499)

18

SOLSTICE

7

15 (135 + 365)

19 (200)

22 (136 + 37)

8 (*79)

16 (136)

20 (*121)

23

9

17 (*57)

Ca5-12 Ca5-13 (118) Ca5-14 Ca5-15 Ca5-16 (11 * 11)
te maitaki te henua kua haga te mea ke manu puoko i tona ahi kua heu te huki
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN (helical dates):
ALTAIR (*300) Φ AQUILAE   Τ AQUILAE  
January 15

'December 19  

NOVEMBER 12

16

20

13

17

SOLSTICE

14

18

22

15

19 (384)

23 (357)

16 (320)

After 4 lunar synodic months the Sun and the Full Moon would reach Azmidiske respectively Altair:

SIRRAH (*0) 116 AZMIDISKE (Ξ) Φ GEMINI
ALCHITA (*183) ALTAIR (*300) Φ AQUILAE

Counting a further 118 glyphs ahead will then bring us to *236 (= 8 * 29½) - respectively to *53 (= 236 - 183):

Ca9-8 (236) Ca9-9 (*54)
ku tupu te poporo kotia
Poporo

A plant (Solanum forsteri); poporo haha, a sort of golden thistle. Vanaga.

A berry whose juice is mixed with ashes of ti leaves in tattoing. Ta.: oporo, a capsicum plant. The Tahiti oporo is not a degradation of poporo but is the original poro stem augmented by that o which in Tahiti is word-formative in a sense too elusive to find expression in European ideas. Mgv.: poporo, the July season when the leaves fall. Mq.: pororo, dry, arid. Sa.: palolo-mua, July. Ma.: paroro, cloudy weather. Poporohiva, milk thistle. Churchill.

Koti

Kotikoti. To cut with scissors (since this is an old word and scissors do not seem to have existed, it must mean something of the kind). Vanaga.

Kotikoti. To tear; kokoti, to cut, to chop, to hew, to cleave, to assassinate, to amputate, to scar, to notch, to carve, to use a knife, to cut off, to lop, to gash, to mow, to saw; kokotiga kore, indivisible; kokotihaga, cutting, gash furrow. P Pau.: koti, to chop. Mgv.: kotikoti, to cut, to cut into bands or slices; kokoti, to cut, to saw; akakotikoti, a ray, a streak, a stripe, to make bars. Mq.: koti, oti, to cut, to divide. Ta.: oóti, to cut, to carve; otióti, to cut fine. Churchill.

Pau.: Koti, to gush, to spout. Ta.: oti, to rebound, to fall back. Kotika, cape, headland. Ta.: otiá, boundary, limit. Churchill.

Counting from heliacal Bull's Eye at Ga1-1 (Ain, ε Tauri, *65) glyph 236 will be at heliacal Altair with Azmidiske in Argo Navis close to the Full Moon:

0h MARCH 22 (*1) 23 (82)
no glyph
Ga1-1 Ga1-2
HYADUM II = δ¹ Tauri (64.2) Net-19

AIN (Eye) = ε Tauri, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)

no star listed (66)
May 24 25 (145) 26 (*66)
°May 20 21 (*61) 22 (142)
'April 27 28 (118) 29 (*39)
"April 13 14 (104) 15 (*25)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPTEMBER 20 (*183) 21 (264) EQUINOX
Heart-5

σ SCORPII (247.0), HEJIAN = γ Herculis (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7)

ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), KAJAM = ω Herculis (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), SHE LOW (Market Tower) = υ Ophiuchi, Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) Al Kalb-16 / Jyeshtha-18 / ANA-MUA-1 (Entrance pillar)

ANTARES = α Scorpii (249.1), MARFIK = λ Ophiuchi, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)

November 23 (327) 24 25 (*249)
°November 19 20 (*244) 21 (325)
'October 27 (300) 28 29 (*222)
"October 13 (286) 14 15 (*208)
232
Gb1-6 (235) Gb1-7 (300 - 64 = 236) Gb1-8
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN (helical dates):
TARAZED = Γ Aquilae ALTAIR (*300) Φ AQUILAE
January 14 15 (380) 16
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and nakshatra dates):
POLLUX (*116) AZMIDISKE (Ξ) Φ GEMINI
July 15 16 (197) 17

And from there to day 354 (= 12 * 29½) another 118 glyphs should to be added:

116 MARCH 10 (*354) 11 12 13 (72 = 136 - 64) 3-14 (π)
Gb5-1 (354) Gb5-2 Gb5-3 Gb5-4 (2 * 64) Gb5-5 (129)
ψ Persei (53.1) δ Persei (54.7) Al Thurayya-27 / Krittikā-3 / Hairy Head-18 MENKHIB = Ζ Persei (57.6)
TAU-ONO (Six Stones)

ATIKS = ο Persei, RANA = δ Eridani (55.1), CELAENO (16 Tauri), ELECTRA (17), TAYGETA (19), ν Persei (55.3), MAIA (20), ASTEROPE (21), MEROPE (23) (55.6)

Temennu-3 (Foundation Stone)

 ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE (28 Tauri), ATLAS (27) (56.3)

May 13 (*53) 5-14 (= 1028 / 2) 15 (500) 16 (136) 17

May 14 (134) + 365 = 499 = 80 + *419 = 64 + *355). Day 355 counted from January 1 was at the December solstice.

... Ptolemy scientifically followed with those now known as the ancient forty-eight, in the 7th and 8th books of the Syntaxis, twelve of the zodiac with twenty-one northern and fifteen southern, made up by 1028 [= 2 * 514] stars, including 102 αμόρφωτοι, all probably from Hipparchos, although with some acknowledged alterations by himself ...

In Gb5-1 the normal forward orientation of hau tea - rule of light - has been reversed, i.e. this was a dark time. In Roman times day 54 counted from the beginning of the year was Terminalia.

... The leap day was introduced as part of the Julian reform. The day following the Terminalia (February 23) was doubled, forming the 'bis sextum - literally 'double sixth', since February 24 was 'the sixth day before the Kalends of March' using Roman inclusive counting (March 1 was the 'first day'). Although exceptions exist, the first day of the bis sextum (February 24) was usually regarded as the intercalated or 'bissextile' day since the third century. February 29 came to be regarded as the leap day when the Roman system of numbering days was replaced by sequential numbering in the late Middle Ages ...

236 at Ca9-8 = 183 + 53 and kotia in Ca9-9 could therefore be similar to Terminalia.

Ca9-8 (236) Ca9-9 Ca9-10 Ca9-11 Ca9-12
ku tupu te poporo kotia kua rere ki te marama e moa
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and nakshatra dates):
*236 (= 472 / 2) *237 = *54 + 183 *238 *239 *240 (November 16)
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN (helical dates):
May 13 (*53) 5-14 (*54) TAU-ONO (Six Stones) Temennu-3 (Foundation Stone) MENKHIB = ζ Persei