n., Club used as lure; it was smeared with bait, such as roasted ʻalaʻala heʻe, roasted coconut flesh, or various aromatic leaves; let down in the water, it was believed to attract fish to a net.
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adj. Applied to a piece of wood smoothed and oiled over and let down into the water to attract fish; it was called laau melomelo; me ka laau melomelo a kahekahe paha.
2. Lazy; unemployed; lying in the house; not working.
Name in general of an instrument used by fishermen; a block of heavy wood which is let down by a cord into the water and drawn slowly towards the nets.
Piece of wood or a club or stick, which, smeared with bait, was let down in the water, lāʻau melomelo.
Lazy, unemployed; lying in the house. (A.)
E huli iā “melomelo” ma Ulukau.
Search for “melomelo” on Ulukau.