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n.v. Fishing for octopus with line and cowry lure; the octopus lure; to fish thus.

v. To pull up and down the line, as in catching the squid.

s. Name of a species of fish caught with a hook.

2. Name of a quality of stone or rock; eia na pohaku luhee, he mau ano e loa ko lakou, here are the luhee rocks unlike all others.

Luhee (lū'-he'e), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A quality of stone or rock; eia na pohaku luhee, he mau ano e loa ko lakou, here are the luhee rocks unlike all others. (Pohaku luhee is the stone sinker attached along with the cowry shell to a squid hook.)

2. One whose employment is to fish for squid.

Luhee (lū'-he'e), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To pull up and down the line, as in catching the squid (hee).

To pull up and down on the line, as in catching squid; octo- pus lure.

Fishing for octopus with a line and a cowry lure. Also the name of the lure.

A material unlike any other. Used in making cowry octopus lures.

E huli iā “lūheʻe” ma Ulukau.

Search for “lūheʻe” on Ulukau.

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