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kēlā

/ kē.lā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

demonstrative, That, that one, he, she, it, that person or thing; the former.

  • Examples:
    • Ua hele aku nei kēlā i ka hana, he has just gone to work.
    • Ka mea kūpono i ka ʻike hapa o kēlā, the proper thing for the limited knowledge of the former.
    • Kēlā pule aku nei, last week.
    • Kēlā pule aku nei a ia pule aku, week before last.
    • Kēlā Pōʻahā aku nei, last Thursday.
  • Related:
    • In connected discourse or narration, kēlā preceding a noun means “the” in the sense of aforementioned. Kēlā mau mea, those things.
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