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kama-i-kahuli-waʻa

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n. The art of righting a capsized canoe; one man swims under the canoe with a line tied to the attachments of each outrigger boom (ʻiako) and the outrigger (ama); he pulls on the line while others press down on the ama to bring it down under the canoe to right it; water remaining in the canoe is dashed out by jerking the canoe back and forth. Lit., tie for turning canoe.

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