po-to-ku-ro
Proposed meanings
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- widely acceptedgrand totalโ conventional
What this rests on. HT 122b ends KU-RO 65, PO-TO-KU-RO 97; face a has KU-RO 31. As the text stands 31 + 65 = 96, one short of 97. Also on HT 131b (452). Read as KU-RO with a prefix, 'total of totals'.
- widely acceptedtotalโ conventional, on the part ku-ro
What this rests on. Stands at the end of lists before a figure that sums the entries above it. On HT 13 the integer entries 5 + 56 + 27 + 18 + 19 + 5 give KU-RO 130. The meaning comes from position and arithmetic, not from the sound value.