Mary Allen
ʻO nā kukama he mau mea kai. Ua like ko lakou kino me ko ke kukumba, nolaila ko lakou inoa. Ua kapa ʻia nō hoʻi lākou he mau kaʻa kai. ʻAʻohe iwi o nā kukama kai, no laila, neʻe lākou e like me nā ilo. Noho nā kukama ma ka papakū. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā lākou a puni ka honua. Hiki i nā kukama ke ola a hiki i 5 mau makahiki, i kekahi manawa a hiki i 10 mau makahiki.
ʻO ka ʻili o nā kukama kai, ʻoʻoleʻa a mūmū. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kukama kai he ʻeleʻele a ʻōmaʻomaʻo paha. ʻEkolu kenimika wale nō ka lōʻihi o kekahi mau kukama kai, a ʻo kekahi e ulu ana a hiki i ʻelua mika. Ma kahi o nā niho, aia nā kukama kai e hoʻopuni ana i ko lākou waha. ʻAi lākou i ka plankton a ʻai i ke koena o nā mea kai make. I ka hana ʻana pēlā, lawe lākou i kahi hana koʻikoʻi ma ke ʻano: hoʻomaʻemaʻe lākou i ka wai.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka trepang, kahi subspecies o ke kukama kai, i mea hoʻohui i nā kīʻaha ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ʻAsia. Eia kekahi, hoʻokani nā kukama kai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau Asia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻohui i nā lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hoʻoulu hou nā kukama kai ma o nā hua i kapa ʻia ʻo roe grains a i ʻole caviar grains. No ka hana hou ʻana, hoʻokuʻu ka wahine i kāna mau hua i loko o ke kai. A laila hoʻomomona ʻia lākou ma waho o ka ʻōpū e ke kāne.
ʻO nā ʻenemi maoli o nā kukama kai he pāpaʻi, iʻa hōkū, a me nā ʻū. He mana hoihoi ko ke kai: inā nahu ka ʻenemi i kahi ʻāpana kino, hiki iā lākou ke ulu hou i kēlā ʻāpana kino. Kapa ʻia kēia ʻo "regeneration".