paipai
v.— «Nets also can be used with a technique known as paipai (to beat or slap the water) fishing in which fish are chased into a surround net, similar to the traditional hukilau (seine fishing) method.» —“Meetings, survey find variance in views on net ban” by Edwin Tanji in Honolulu Maui News (Hawaii) Sept. 12, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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