no special names: they are called altogether _oeajoeeo_, ‘the eight days’; the people count _ka’isanja oeajoe_, ‘the first of the eight’, or _oejoeënja_, ‘the beginner’, then the second, the third, etc., and so on up to _kapoesanja oeajoe_, ‘the end of the eight’. 10, _woeja mbawoe kodi_, ‘the little pig moon’. *11, _woeja mbawoe bangke_, ‘the great pig moon’; there is a danger that the pigs may break into the fields. *12, _taoe koi_, 13, _taoe bangke_, ‘the little’ and ‘the great man moon’; 14, _kakoenia_, from _koeni_, ‘yellow’ (among the To Pebato _sompe_, ‘lying’, i. e. on the horizon). *15, _togin enggeri_, from _gengge_, ‘to run to and fro’ (of animals seeking food), i. e. one is annoyed by those who run to and fro. *16, _pombarani_, ‘the burner’, since the moon in the morning shines on the house-door; or more rarely _pombontje_. 17 to 20, _wani_, ‘dark’. 21, _merontjo_, among the To Pebato _wani of kapoesa mbani_, the last dark day. *22, _kawe_, ‘to wink’, 23-25, the second, third, and last _kawe_. *26, _toe’a marate_, ‘the long tree-trunk’ (trunk of a felled tree). 27, _toe’a rede_, ‘the short stump’, in the east _ojonja saeo_, ‘with a day in between’, i. e. until the vanishing of the moon. 28, _polioenja_, ‘passing’, i. e. the moon goes past the sun. 29, _soea_, ‘going inside’, ‘inside’, because the moon is then completely inside. Every second month has 30 days; the *30th is called _soea ma’i_, the _soea_ ‘on this side’, the second _soea_. The days are named from the position of the moon at sunrise, since only the agricultural day is of any importance[686]. In Micro- and Polynesia this kind of terminology is best developed. In Samoa the period of the new moon has few names; the new moon is called _masina pupula_, the nights after this--when a little of the moon is once more visible--_mu’a mu’a_. On the other hand the days up to and after the full moon have separate names, and are of importance on account of the palolo, which is then eagerly sought after. Full moon, _masina ’atoa_, ‘full’; 1, night after full moon, _masina le’ale’a_; 2, _masina fe’etelele_; 3, _masina atatai_, the sea sparkles at the rising; 4, _fana’ele’ele_, according to Stair ‘paling tide’; 5, _sulutele_, the _mali’o_-crab is caught with torches (_sulu_), according to Stair _poolesa_, night of the _lesa_; 6, _masina mauna_, according to Stair _popololoa_, ‘long nights’; 7, _masina mauna_; 8 (the first palolo-day), _usunoa_, ‘wandering about aimlessly’, also called _salefu_, since foam (_lefu_) appears as the first sign of the palolo; 9, _masina motusaga_ (second palolo-day), _motu_ ‘fragile’, _saga_ ‘continuing’; 10, _tatelego_, great palolo-day, which may also begin on the 9th, _ta_ = to fish; 11 (new moon), _masina punifaga_, ‘only a little covered’; 12, _masina tafaleu_, ‘little cut away’; 13, _masina tafaleu_. The crescent shortly before new moon is called _masina fa’atoaoina_[687].