An Account of Samoan History up to 1918

The Moon, (O le Masina,) (O le Malama.)

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The Moon, (O le Masina,) (O le Malama.)

Atoa le masina.	Full moon.
Aufasa	Full moon.
Ave o le malama	Moonbeam
Ataatai	Full moon setting after daylight.
Atatai	Third day from full moon.
Fano le masina.	Last day of moon.
Fanaeilele	Fourth day from full moon when search made for land crabs called Mali'o.
Fanoloa	Moon not visible.
Faatolu	To be 3 days old of the moon.
Faasagafulu	To be 10 nights old of the moon.
Fana'ele'ele	The moon as if rising from the earth just after full.
Fe'tetele	The moon a little past full.
Goto le masina	The moon on the horizon.
Gasetoto le Masina	Eclipse of the moon.
Gase'ele'ele	To be eclipsed of the mon.
Gālogālooa'aia	Moon appaarently setting and appearing again.
Gase	To wane of the moon.
Lio le masina	A halo round the moon.
Lagivalea	The moon obscured by clouds.
Le'alc'a	One night after full moon.
Li'ofigota	A halo round the moon.
Lotoatai	Moon rising in the dawn.
Māuli.	The moon.
Málama	The moon.
Màsinaataalai	The moon 2 days after full.
Matofi	Last quarter of the moon.
Matuatua	First quarter of the moon.
Moa	Name of a moon in wet season.
Masina Fou	New moon.
Malosi le masina	Between half and full moon.
Oso le masina	Rising of the moon.
Punifaga	To be nearly full of moon.
Punifaga	The moon next to full moon.
Popoloa	A dark night just before the new moon.
Supa	Name of a moon in the wet season.
Sauaeleata	The setting moon.
Sulutele	Between half moon and the last day.
Susulu	To shine of the moon.
Tutonu le masina	To be overhead of the moon.
Taelo	Name of a moon in wet season.
Tilotilo	Rays of moon, sun or stars peeping through a rift in the clouds.
Tulálupe	Name of a moon in the wet season.
Tatao	Name of a moon in the wet season.
Và:Lmsina	Time between the old and new moon the night on which there is no moon.
Vaea le masina	Half way between half moon and no moon