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40. We should remember that I once upon a very long time ago had classified the peculiar figure depicted in Cb14-18 as a possible case of the glyph type I had named rona:

rona

... 'How many are you?' He answered, 'There are two of us.' Ira continued asking, 'Where is he (the other)?' To that he answered, 'The one died.' Again Ira asked, 'Who has died?' He replied, 'That was Te Ohiro A Te Runu.' Ira asked anew, 'And who are your?' He answered, 'Nga Tavake A Te Rona.' [E:46] After this, the emissaries and Nga Tavake went to the yam plantation ...

Tavake, sea bird, white, with rosy tail; its feathers were used to decorate hats and belts.

Cb14-17 (346) Cb14-18 Cb14-19 (740)
March 27 (86)

"Febr 14 (45) → All Hearts' Day

March 28 (87)

"Febr 15 (46)

March 29 (88)

"Febr 16 (47)

*6 M31 (*7.7) = ANDROMEDA GALAXY

π Andromedae (*7.7)

DELTA (*8.4)

SCHEDIR (Breast) = α Cassiopeiae

ALDERAMIN *190 PORRIMA
Sept 26 Sept 27 (270 → 3 * 90) Sept 28 (*191)

"Aug 18 (*150)

kokoti hia te henua tagata hakaitiiti i te henua

... Thus Nga Tavake A te Rona (Sign) could have referred to Pollux (Polydeuces), whereas the existence of the mortal Castor (Beaver) could have been only inferred ...

 

Ca13-8 Cb8-3 Cb10-1 Cb10-2 Cb10-4 Cb10-6
Cb10-7 Cb11-12 Cb11-13 Cb11-14 Cb11-16 Cb12-7
 
Cb14-6 Cb14-7 Cb14-18

And we should presumably count the days from Cb8-3 to Cb14-18 because they look alike like twins. And 2 * 173 = 346:

*172
Cb8-1 (564) Cb8-2 (173) Cb8-3 (566) Cb14-17 (346) Cb14-18 Cb14-19 (348)
Hetu erua tagata rere ki te ragi kokoti hia te henua tagata hakaitiiti i te henua

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.

koti

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