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1. nvi., Fisherman; fishing technique; to fish, to catch fish.

• Examples:
  • ʻO ka hī aku ka lawaiʻa nui a ʻUmi-a-Līloa (FS 173), casting for bonito was ʻUmi-a-Līloa's principal means of fishing.
• References:
  • PCP lawaika.

2. n., Cormorant.

• References:
  • Oihk. 11.17.

3. (Cap.) n., Name of a group of seven stars.

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• Related:
  • Hoʻomalu lawaiʻa a me ka hahai holoholona. Fish and game management; to manage fish and game.
  • ʻAha Hoʻomalu Lawaiʻa o ka Pākīpika Komohana. Western Pacific Fishery Management Council.
  • ʻOihana Lawaiʻa Kai Pekelala. National Marine Fisheries Service.

Business or efficiency in oneʻs fishing; a fisherman.

Fisherman; expert. See kalawaiʻa. (Mat. 4:18.)

Name of a group of seven stars.

Fisherman, to fish (PE).