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

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