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"Kuleana" as described by Handy & Handy, 1972: 54: "The Kuleana plot to which title was granted in fee simple was never an ‘ili or koele over which ali‘i had, and retained, rights of proprietorship; but a kuleana once granted was entirely independent of the ahupua‘a or ‘ili kupono within which it might be situated. It is probable that, in the old nomenclature, kuleana would be found in most instances to correspond with single or combined pauku (parcels of land smaller than mo‘o) in wet-taro regions and to kihapai (plots reserved to the tenant) in dry-taro regions. However, a difference would exist in that the kuleana title included not only the planted land but house sites, and also adjoining ground that belonged with the plantation by reason of surrounding it, or being used for growing paper mulberry, or other purposes. The kuleana were defined, surveyed, and measured during the Mahele by configuration...not by map survey."

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

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