- net
- The most common kinds are 'upena (see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it), kōkō. See float, mesh, seine.♦ Various kinds:♦ Throwing net, 'upena kiloi, 'upena ho'olei, 'upena kiola, uhina.♦ Drag net, lau, laukō, 'alihilele.♦ Gill net, ku'u, 'upena ku'u, 'upena ho'olewalewa, pahu.♦ Set net, 'upena ku'u, 'upena ho'omoemoe.♦ Dip net, 'āki'iki'i, pāki'iki'i.♦ Bag net, 'eke, hului, huli, papa, papa hului, hano, lauahi, luelue, nae kuku, papa waha nui, 'upena kolo, pōuouo.♦ Mosquito net, pākū makika.♦ Other kinds: 'a'ei, 'āku'iku'i, pāku'iku'i, aumaiewa, hāka'oka'o, hei, hihi, hihi manō, holoholo, holowa'a, holoa'a, ho'olewalewa, hukihe'e, kā'e'e, kāhala, kā'ihi, ka'i'i, kā'ili, kākā, kākā uhu, kīholo, kōkō pu'upu'u, kūpō, lau 'ōpae, maiewa, maka lua, mākolu, mālua, maoloha, nae, naepuni, nukuwā'ula, nukuā'ula, pāku'ipai, pāloa, papa, papa ho'olewalewa (rare), pepeiao, pouono, puni, uluulu, ulūlu.♦ Hau-wood net handles: hau ō'iao, hau ō mālolo.♦ Other net parts: hāele (lashing); hoene (mesh); kuku puhi, puhi nui, puhi 'u'uku, puhi iki (stick supports); a'a pu'upu'u, 'aea (rare), 'alihi, hānai, holokuku, hope'a'ei, kahahānai, lā, mole, 'ōka'i, pā, papa, piko, pīkoni, pu'umana, uluna, ununa. Net spacer, gauge, haha kā 'upena, una.♦ Net mender, kī'o'e. To set a net, ku'u, ku'una, ho'omoe, ho'omoemoe.♦ To throw a net, kiloi (kiola, ho'olei) 'upena.♦ To draw a net, ani. To make net meshes, kā.♦ Place for setting a net, moena, ku'una.♦ Net owner's canoe, poki'i (rare).♦ Types of net fishing: lawai'a kōkō, hukilau, laulele, kāhe'e, kahekahe, holoholo, mōkū.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.