marquesan nights of the moon

In this list, as given by Fornander, we at length find a number of strange names, but at least 10 of them are Maori forms. The lack of the letter r in the Marquesan dialect is a well known letter change; others are given in Tregear's Dictionary. The following names in the Marquesan list are easily recognised:

The twenty-ninth and thirtieth nights are Ona-nui and Ona-mate in the Marquesan list. Tregear states that Ona represents Rongo, though one would expect to meet it in the form of Ono.