- fishhook
- Makau (for various kinds, see Haw.-Eng. entry and following entries); pā, pāuhi, uhipa'a, pā ānuenue, pā hau, pā mae, mūhe'e (for various kinds, see mūhe'e and following entries), kaiānoa, lihi, 'ōnohilehua (pearl-shell lures); pā hī aku (bonito lure); kīki'i, kue (rotating hooks); makau manō, lawa, kīholo (shark hooks); 'auku'u, hi'ikala, hiohio; huikala (with inside and outside barbs); hulu (with outside barb); hululua (with two barbs); kaiānoa (two small barbless hooks); kākala (octopus lure); ke'aawaileia, kīkalakē, koehonua; kohe lua (kohe lua pa'a) (with two barbs); kue, kuoho, lu'aloa; mahina (crescent point); makau pāweo, mana; 'ōmau (no barb); ho'onoho (two points on one shank); nuku (series of hooks on one line); maka puhi (for eels).♦ Eel gorge, haoa puhi.♦ Parts of a fishhook: ka'ā, ka'i (snood); kū'au, pou (shank); kohe (inside barb); lo'e, pohona (bend); lihi (portion just below point); lihi lou (point of barbless hook); lālā (bone or shell point of two-piece hook); maka (point). Parts of pearl-shell lure: ihu (head); muli (tail); pukaihu (hole in head for snood); pou (snood); 'uo (seizing); hulu (hackle); lālā (point); kapuahi (base of point); humu (hole in point); hāmama (gape of point); 'auwae (portion of point which overhangs the shank).♦ Fishhook container, waihona makau; ipu lē'ī (rare).♦ To make a fishhook, kā makau.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.