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1. n. Small land division, smaller than a paukū; cultivated patch, garden, orchard, field, small farm; parish of a church, diocese; department of a business or office; formerly various religious duties were divided into kīhāpai, as tending the altar, offering sacrifices.

2. n. Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus 🌐, syn. Vinca rosea), a perennial herb or small shrub, from tropical America, grown for ornament; flowers rose-purple or white.

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  • Neal 689.

Division of land smaller than a paukū, belonging to and cultivated by the people.

Ceremonies of religion. Formerly, the ceremonies of religion were divided into various departments: keeping the altar in order, offering the sacrifice, each of which was a kīhāpai.

1. A land division smaller than a paukū, usually a cultivated patch, garden, orchard, field or even small farm; dry land areas with intervening ridges (HE) (DM). 2. A land division smaller than a paukū not used for wetland taro, and for exclusive use of the native tenant (ESH). 3. A small division of land just below a paukū in size; a cultivated patch of ground, a garden, a potato patch, a field, a small farm, etc., belonging to the people as distinguished from the chiefs, which was called kōʻele (AP). 4. Small land division, smaller than a paukū; cultivated patch, garden, orchard, field, small farm (PE).