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kono ʻelepī

/ kono ʻele.pī / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

v. To catch black crabs (ʻelepī), as by tying ʻopihi limpets to a cord dangled above a rock fissure; the crab snatches the bait, the cord is drawn up and the crab seized.

  • References:
    • Kep. 172.

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