akule
n. Big-eyed or goggle-eyed scad fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), Stages of growth are pāʻāʻā, halalū or hahalalū, and akule. Ua wehe ke akule i ka hohonu, the akule has fled to the depths [of escape]. (PPN ʻatule.)
n. Big-eyed or goggle-eyed scad fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), Stages of growth are pāʻāʻā, halalū or hahalalū, and akule. Ua wehe ke akule i ka hohonu, the akule has fled to the depths [of escape]. (PPN ʻatule.)
s. Name of a species of fish.
s. An epithet of an aged person; an old man or woman. See ELEMAKULE.
1. A species of big-eyed scad (Trachurops crumenophthalma), having a bluish silvery color above, paler below, under parts white. The young akule is called halalu.
2. An aged person; an old man or woman. See elemakule, an old man.
Aged person, male or female. See ʻelemakule, makule.
Big-eye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus). Schooling fish in Hawaiian coastal waters. It reaches about 15 inches and is a valuable food fish. The young, hahalalū, grow to about 7 inches and are herded in schools by the ulua or kawakawa.
E huli iā “akule” ma Ulukau.
Search for “akule” on Ulukau.