Loaʻa i nā ʻeke laiki nā pono penei:
1. Palekana a me ka palekana o ke kaiapuni: ʻAʻohe ʻawahia a haumia ʻole nā ʻeke ʻōpala laiki, he aloha maikaʻi loa i ke kaiapuni a palekana hoʻi.
2. Ka hopena pale kiʻekiʻe: He kiʻekiʻe loa ka hopena pale o nā ʻeke ʻōpala laiki, hiki ke pale pono i ke komo ʻana o ka ea a hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi o ka laiki.
3. Nā hana like ʻole: Loaʻa i nā ʻeke ʻōpala laiki nā hana like ʻole, e like me ka pale wela, ke kūpaʻa ʻaila, ke kūpaʻa makū, ke kūpaʻa wela kiʻekiʻe a me ka haʻahaʻa, a pēlā aku. Hiki iā ia ke pāʻani i kahi kuleana i ka mālama ʻana i ka hou, ke kūpaʻa kuke ʻana, a pēlā aku.
4. Hoʻokumu ʻekolu-dimensional, hoʻokumu kūʻokoʻa, hana pale ea ikaika.
5. ʻO ke ʻano nani, maʻalahi e ʻai, hiki ke hoʻonui i ke ola papa o ka huahana, a pēlā aku, kūpono loa no nā huahana like ʻole
ʻŌmole hakahaka o ka palaoa, ka palaoa a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe.
6. wikiwiki ka ʻeke laiki kū, palekana a hōʻoia ʻia, hiki i nā ʻeke kākoʻo ponoʻī ke hōʻoia i ka palekana o kā mākou huahana i ka wā o ka halihali a hōʻemi i nā pilikia halihali.
I ka manawa like, ʻo ka ʻeke hoʻopili kū i luna he kiʻekiʻe ka paʻa o ka sila wela, ke kū'ē i ke kaomi a me ke kū'ē i ka hāʻule ʻana, a inā paha e hāʻule hewa ʻia mai kahi kiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻoulu i ke kino o ka ʻeke e haki a liki paha, kahi e hoʻomaikaʻi nui ai i ka palekana o ka huahana.