vs., Splashing, spattering, as fish being driven into a net; fluttering, flapping. Figuratively, agitated, worried, disturbed (formerly said mostly on Kauaʻi and Oʻahu).
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v. To catch fish in a net by turning it this way and that; to cause fish to enter a net.
s. A moving of a net in taking fish.
v. To flutter, as an ensign or flag in the wind; kapauu ka lani, ua hehehili ka lani.
A quivering of a net in taking fish.
1. To flutter or flap; to splash or spatter in the water, a process employed by fishermen to drive fishes into a net. See kapeku. (Formerly the word was used on Kauai and Oahu, while kapeku was more popular on the other islands. Kapeku is the word in general use among native fishers.)
2. To be agitated; to be disturbed; to be worried: Ua kapauu ka lani, the lani (chief) is worried.
To rustle or drive fish into a waiting net by swishing, splashing, or striking the water with a leafy branch. See kāpēikeʻi.
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