hī aku

Meaning

To fish for aku (skipjack tuna) using specific traditional methods, often involving trolling.

Example sentences

• Hele kākou i ke kai i ka wanaʻao e hī aku ai.

  Let's go to the sea at dawn to fish for aku.

• Ua ʻike nō au i ka nui o ka iʻa a lākou i hī aku ai i kēia lā.

  I know how much fish they caught fishing for aku today.

• ʻO kaʻu kupuna kāne ka mea nāna i aʻo mai iaʻu pehea e hī aku ai.

  My grandfather is the one who taught me how to fish for aku.

About this word

“hī aku” is a Hawaiian verb phrase meaning To fish for aku (skipjack tuna) using specific traditional methods, often involving trolling. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Sea. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.