Ahupuaʻa Chapter Vocabulary

1 ) acre a measure of land, 43,560 square feet
2 ) generous willing to give and share, unselfish
3 ) survey to inspect and define the boundaries and extent of a piece of land
4 ) harvest to gather food crops
5 ) mahaʻoi to ask about something you shouldn't be asking about
6 ) scarce not enough, lacking
7 ) surplus having more than the amount needed, having extra
8 ) kalo taro, Colocasia esculenta, the traditional staple food of Hawaiians
9 ) manage to take care of
10 ) parcel a piece of land
11 ) steward caretaker
12 ) aliʻi ʻai ahupuaʻa an aliʻi that rules an ahupuaʻa
13 ) kuleana responsibility, duty, privilege
14 ) konohiki person in charge of an ahupuaʻa
15 ) aliʻi nui high chief
16 ) self-sustaining able to provide all that is needed without outside help
17 ) inhabitant a person living in a certain place
18 ) kapu restriction
19 ) reproductive season the time of year when an animal has babies or lays eggs
20 ) urban near on in the city
21 ) productive able to provide for the needs of the people