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"Kuleana" as described by Handy & Handy, 1972: 54:
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ENGLISH |
HAWAIIAN |
NOTES |
Land Divisions: |
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Moku Aina,
Moku; |
What we would today
call Districts; |
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Kalana |
Division of land smaller than a moku |
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Ahupuaa |
Single administrative land divisions running from the mountains to the sea, usually out to the edge of the reef. An ahupuaa is specifically a tax unit under the old system. |
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Ili aina, 'Ili |
"Strips" of land; divisions within the ahupuaa usually under the ongoing care of families. |
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Ili lele |
"Jump strips"; when a family's land was in separate pieces, the separate pieces might be referred to as "lele" |
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Ili Ku Pono |
Lands permanently belonging to a family, not transferred with the reallocation of landed chiefdoms. |
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Moo |
Long strips of arable land within an ili. |
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Loi |
An irrigated taro flat. |
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Pauku |
"Piece cut off"; parcels of wet taro land, smaller in area than a moo |
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Kihapai |
Garden, plantation, farm--small piece of cultivated land, other than loi. These are distinguished as being for the tenant, as opposed to Koele and Hakuone parcels that are farmed for the Chief and the Konohiki. |
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Koele |
Small land unit within an ili, cultivated by a tenant for the chief (alii). |
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Haku one |
Small land unit cultivated by a tenant for the land manager (konohiki). |
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Konohiki |
Manager of an ahupuaa land division under the chief. |
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Other Terms: |
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Government: |
Aupuni |
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Law: |
Kanawai |
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Map |
Palapala aina |
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Boundary |
Palena aina |
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Land Surveying |
Ana honua |
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Landlord |
Haku aina |
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