namakaina
Bingham
namakáina
n. moon, month.
Sabatier
namakaina
n. the moon (no article).
n. Ten namakaina: (Mr.) moon.
te namakaina: month, lunar month.
te namakaina: month, lunar month.
ex. te namakaina ae Tianuare: the month of January.
note. different phases of the moon:
ex.
- 1st <first> day: e ba n uri.
- 2nd <second> day: e buti n ika.
- 3rd <third> day: e oti, e koran.
ex. 4th <fourth> day: e aomata.
ex.
- 7th <seventh> day: e itibong.
- 8th <eighth> day: e kare ao e bongina.
- 9th <ninth> day: e kare ao uabong.
- 10th <tenth> day: e kare ao tenibong.
- 12th <twelvth> day: e renaba.
- 13th <thirteenth> day: e toka, e eremao.
- 14th <fourteenth> day: e toka n rin, e tabanin.
- 15th <fifteenth> day: e tanimainiku.
- 16th <sixteenth> day: e rin tebongina... uabong.
- 17th <seventeenth> day: e rin tenibong.
- 21st <twenty first> day: e kaitibong i an tari.
- 25th <twenty fifth> day: e unabong, e kaiti.
- 26th <twenty sixth> day: e unabong naba, e kaiti.
- 27th <twenty seventh> day: mata-oiaki.
- 28th <twenty eighth> day: e neve roro.
- 29th <twenty ninth> day: e anti.
idiom. e amoua namakaina: a thin cloud cuts it in two (a sign of good fishing).
ex. e katea maneaba: a halo round the moon.
Topics: Weather and sky