fish

  I'a; pihi (rare); to fish, lawai'a, ulawai'a. See fishing grounds, fishhook, fishing rights, net, seine, trap, and names of individual fish.

  Some fish names vary according to islands, and all fishermen do not agree.

  Some fish have special names for growth stages. General names for young growth stages, applied to several fish: aka (newly hatched), mana, hāuli, kākau; pua (common name), pua i'i; 'o'olola (rare).

   ♦ Fish raised in ponds, i'a loko.

   ♦ School or run of fish, i'a kū, kahe i'a, kū, kauhulu.

   ♦ Season of abundant fish, wa i'a.

   ♦ Fish accompaniment to poi, i'a, 'īna'i.

   ♦ Shrine for fish offerings, kū'ula, heiau ho'oulu i'a, ko'a i'a.

   ♦ Fish substitute for pig offerings, pua'a kai.

   ♦ String of fish, kālī i'a, kāili, pu'u i'a.

   ♦ Ways to fish: kā makoi (mokoi), paeaea, kīkomo, koi, kūpali (with pole); hī, kā'ili, kepa (casting); pākā, kākā, kūkaula (with hook and line but no pole); laulele (with net); lamalama (with torches); pana i'a (with bow and spear); ho'okāholoholo (skittering); pākali, kūpalu (decoy by doling out bait or chumming); hāhāmau, hāhā (with hands); 'auhuhu, pāhola, hola (stupefy with drugs); ho'ā, aupula, pula (driving); kakaka, kūkaula (deep-sea, rare); koe (pulling stick with hooks through water), 'ūpalupalu.

   ♦ Fish caught in hands, i'a mili lima; pakauele (rare).

   ♦ A small fish cannot swallow a big fish, 'a'ole hiki i ka i'a li'ili'i ke ale i ka i'a nui (of a commoner).