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