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kuleana

/ kule.ana / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvt., Right, privilege, concern, responsibility, title, business, property, estate, portion, jurisdiction, authority, liability, interest, claim, ownership, tenure, affair, province; reason, cause, function, justification; small piece of property, as within an ahupuaʻa; blood relative through whom a relationship to less close relatives is traced, as to in-laws.

  • Examples:
    • Make wale nō lākou me ka hewa ʻole, a me ke kuleana ʻole no ka make (Kep. 147), they were killed without having done wrong, and without justification for death.
    • ʻO Hina kō mākou kuleana, ʻaʻole ʻo ke kāne, we are related through Hina, not through the husband.
    • ʻElua loʻi ʻai, ua kuleana ʻia e aʻu, two taro patches claimed as kuleana by me [will].
  • Related:
    • Kuleana lako, supplies, equipment.
    • Kuleana pule, necessary prayers, prayer responsibilities.
    • Ke kuleana o ke kanaka, man's rights and privileges, human rights.
    • Kuleana wai, water rights.
    • Ka hoʻolimalima kuleana kūʻai, rental with the right to buy.
    • Kō haʻi kuleana, other persons' affairs or business.
    • Kuleana ala hele e hiki aku ai, right of way of access.
    • Kuleana hapakolu o ka wahine kāne make, dower right of widow to a third of an estate.
    • Kuleana o ke kāne male, estate by courtesy, of a husband's right in the estate of his wife.
    • hoʻokuleana Caus/sim.; To entitle, give right to possess; to give a responsibility.
      • Palapala hoʻokuleana, patent, copyright.
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kuleana

kikino ｜ noun Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

kikino, Privilege or rights, as in a computer network.

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kuleana

kikino ｜ noun / KU-LE-A-NA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., A part, portion or right in a thing. Oihk. 7:33.

2. A right of property which pertains to an individual.

3. A friend; a portion belonging to a friend.

4. One’s appropriate business; hookahi o kaua makamaka, o ka imi naauao, oia hoi ko kaua kuleana e noho ai ma keia kulanakauhale. NOTE.—In modern times, kuleana often refers to a small land claim inside another’s land, that is, a reserved right in favor of some claimant; the original term was synonymous with lihi, an attached piece of land which another was allowed to cultivate and had some claim to.

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kuleana

/ KU-LE-A-NA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., To stir up; to excite, as the ripples or waves of water. Laieik. 15.

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kuleana

kikino ｜ noun / kŭ'-lĕ-ā'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A part, portion or right in a thing. Ownership.

2. n., A right of property which pertains to an individual.

3. n., Interest in, as interest in a friend; a portion belonging to a friend.

4. n., One's appropriate business: hookahi o kaua makamaka, o ka imi naauao, oia hoi ko kaua kuleana e noho ai ma keia kulanakauhale.

5. n., In modern times, kuleana often refers to a small land claim inside another's land, that is, a reserved right in favor of some claimant; the original term was synonymous with lihi, an attached piece of land which another was allowed to cultivate and had some claim to.

6. n., A just claim.

7. n., A cause; a reason.

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kuleana

/ kŭ'-lĕ-ā'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., To cause: Aole hoi he makani o keia lua wai e kuleana ai la hoi ka aleale ana o ka wa; there is no wind in this well to cause the waters to ripple. Laieik. p. 15.

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kuleana

kikino ｜ noun Haw to Eng, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

land holding.

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kuleana

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Oneʻs appropriate business; a part, portion, or right to a thing. In modern times a kuleana usually refers to a small claim inside anotherʻs land.

kuleana

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Portion, part, or a right to a thing; right of property that pertained to the individual. This was established in the Great Mahele of 1858. The chiefs were awarded large tracts of land called ahupuaʻa not including the commonersʻ small tracts called kuleana. Wherever these small isolated spots of land were located the commoners had an exit to the outside. In modern times this refers to a small land claim within a larger tract of land. See Land.

kuleana

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

a right; ownership; interest.

kuleana

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

1. “The term kuleana originally referred to a right of property in any business or other matter but afterwards was applied to the land holding of the tenant or hoaaina residing in the ahupuaa.” Territory v. Bishop Trust Co., Ltd., 41 Haw. 358, 362 (1956). 2. “The Hawaiian term ʻkuleana’ means a small area of land such as were awarded in fee by the Hawaiian monarch, about the year 1850, to all Hawaiians who made application therefor” Palama v. Sheehan, 50 Haw. 298, 299, n.l (1968) (citations omitted). 3. “The word kuleana meaning in this record, a small area of land, such as were awarded in fee by the Hawaiian monarch, about the year 1850, to all Hawaiians who made application thereafter” DeFries v. Scott, 268 F. 952, 954 (9th Cir. 1920). 4. Kuleana are small parcels of land within an ahupuaʻa. McBryde Sugar Co. v. Robinson, 54 Haw. 174, 182, n.6 (1973) (citations omitted). 5. “A kuleana was a smaller portion of land within the domain (ahupuaa or ili) of a chieftain (Konohiki).” In re Application of State to Register and Confirm Title at Moiliili, 49 Haw. 537, 541, n.9 (1967). 6. Interest. McCandless v. Waiahole Water Co., Ltd., 35 Haw. 314, 317 (1940); Brunz v. Mott-Smith, 3 Haw. 783, 785 (1877); Burrows v. Paaluhi, 4 Haw. 464 (1882) (HRH). 7. Right. State v. Midkiff 49 Haw. 456, 475 (1966). 8. Privileges. Keelikolani v. Manaku, 4 Haw, 263, 264 (1880). 9. A part, portion or right in a thing; ownership, a right of property which pertains to an individual; one’s appropriate business; a small land claim inside another’s land, that is a reserved right in favor of some claimant; the original term was synonymous with lihi, an attached piece of land which another was allowed to cultivate and had some claim to; a just claim (AP). 10. Right, privilege, concern, title, property, estate, portion, interest, claim, ownership; small piece of property, as within an ahupuaʻa (PE). 11. Property. 12. Claim (HRH). 13. Stake (HRH). 14. Lien (HRH).

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