Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā momi iā lākou iho i ka wai, akā ʻaʻole ʻōlelo ʻia nā mea nani momi. ʻO kēia ka wehewehe ʻana i kēia ma nā hiʻohiʻona ʻelua:
Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā momi iā lākou iho i ka wai.
Hoʻokumu ʻia nā momi e ka ʻūhū i huna ʻia e ka iʻa, kahi e uhi ai i ka ʻili o waho. ʻO ko lākou wahi noho maoli he wai, no laila, ʻaʻole hiki i ka wai-mau momi.
ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻia nā mea nani momi e ʻike ʻia i ka wai.
Poino maʻalahi nā mea hoʻonani: ʻO nā momi maʻamau he mau momi a me nā mea ʻē aʻe (e like me ke kelu, nā ʻāpana, ke kālā, ke gula 18K, nā pōhaku ʻulaʻula, a me ke kaula). Hiki i kēia mau mea ke pohō i ka wai. No ka laʻana, hiki i ke kāpili ke nalowale i kona ʻili ma muli o ka wai, e hāʻule ai nā momi; hiki nō hoʻi ke uha i ke kaula ma muli o ka pulu i ka wai.
Hoʻopilikia i ka ʻulaʻula momi: ʻOiai ʻaʻole kū i ka wai-nā momi, he mau pores liʻiliʻi ko lākou ma ka ʻili. Inā ʻike ʻia ka momi i ka wai, hiki i ka makū ke komo i loko o kēia mau pores a hana pū me nā haumia i loko, e hoʻoneʻe ai nā momi a nalowale ko lākou luster. Hiki i ka wai hou ke hoʻolalelale i ka melemele a me ka ʻeleʻele o nā momi. Inā pulu ka momi, holoi koke ia me kahi lole maloʻo maloʻo a waiho ma kahi e maloʻo ai, e pale aku i ka lā a me ka kuke ʻana i ka wela wela.
