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nvs., Life, health, well-being, living, livelihood, means of support, salvation; alive, living; curable, spared, recovered; healed; to live; to spare, save, heal, grant life, survive, thrive.

• Examples:
  • Ola loa, long life, longevity.
  • Ola ʻana, life, existence.
  • Mālama ola, financial support, means of livelihood.
  • Nā kālā no ke ola o ka nūpepa, money for the support of the newspaper.
  • ʻO nā lā apau o kona ola ʻana, all the days of his life.
  • Makamaka ola, a live friendship; a friend who extends hospitality and appreciation.
  • I ola ʻole nei keiki, this (beloved) child did not survive.
  • Ua loaʻa ke kāne a kuʻu hānai, a ua ola nā iwi o ke kahu hānai, my foster child has found a husband, and the foster parent will enjoy peace and comfort in life and the body will be preserved after death; literally, the bones will live, i.e., they will not fall into an enemy's hands.
  • Ola ka inoa, the name lives on, said of a child bearing the name of an ancestor.
  • Ola ka pōloli, hunger is satisfied.
  • Ola ka mōʻī i ke Akua, God save the king.
  • E ola au i ke Akua, may God grant me life; so help me God.
  • E ola au iā ʻoe, save me, spare my life.
• Related:
  • hoʻōla Caus/sim.; To save, heal, cure, spare; salvation; healer; savior.
  • Poʻe i kūʻai hoʻōla ʻia (Isa. 35.10), ransomed people.
• References:
  • See Gram. 4.4.
  • PPN ola .

｜ No base definition, only supplemental content.

• Related:
  • Pōʻaiapuni ola. Life cycle.

1. s., A recovery from sickness; a state of health after sickness; an escape from any danger or threatened calamity.

2. A living, that is, the means of life, food; e pii ana au i ke ola, I am going up (the hill) for life, i. e., to procure food.

3. Life; the period of one's life; living; while one lives.

4. Life; salvation; deliverance from spiritual death. NOTE.—This last (4) definition is a modern one introduced with the Christian system, and is often used in the Hawaiian Bible along with definitions 1st, 2d and 3d.

1. v., To be saved from danger; to live after being in danger of death; to recover from sickness; to get well; i mai la o Kamehameha, ina e ola keia mai ana o'u; to enjoy an escape from any evil.

2. To live upon, or by means of a thing without which one would die; ola no hoi na iwi, proverbial expression: poverty (bones) shall be supplied, prosperity shall flourish. Laieik. 124. See IwI 7.

3. Hoola. To cause to live, i. e., to save one, or to save alive. Ios. 6:25. To cause to escape, as one in danger; to deliver from. Puk. 14:30. To heal, as a disease.

4. To save, i. e., cause to escape from future misery. See note under the noun for the new modern idea of the word.

adj., Alive; escaped; living in opposition to dead; o kou alii make no, a me kou alii ola.

v., The sense from the sound.

adj., Alive; escaped: alive in opposition to dead: o kou alii make no, a me kou alii ola.

1. n., A recovery from sickness; a state of health after sickness; an escape from any danger or threatened calamity.

2. n., A living, that is, the means of life, food: E pii ana au i ke ola, I am going up (the hill) for life, that is, to procure food.

3. n., Life; the period of one's life; living; while one lives.

4. n., Life; salvation; deliverance from spiritual death. (This definition is a modern one introduced with the Christian system, and is often used in the Hawaiian Bible.)

n., A nasal sound made in sleep; a gurgling; a bubbling noise, as of running water; snoring.

1. v., To gurgle; to run with a gurgling noise, as water from a calabash, or a small stream among pebbles; to gargle.

2. v., To snore.

1. v., To be alive; to be saved from danger; to live after being in danger of death; to recover from sickness; to get well: i mai la o Kamehameha ina e ola keia mai ana on; to enjoy an escape from any evil.

2. v., To live upon, or by means of a thing without which one would die: ola no hoi na iwi. poverty (bones) shall be supplied, prosperity shall flourish. Laieik. p. 124.

To heal; health, life.

I. O ke ola o ke kino kekahi ano o keia olelo, aka, o ka hoopakeleia ke ano nui; nolaila, ma kekahi mau pauku, pakele i ka pilikia o ke kino ke ano, Puk. 14:13; 1 Sam. 14:45. Aka, o ka pakele i ka hewa a me ka niake mau, ma o Iesu la, Mat. 1:21, a me ka pomaikai mau iloko o ke aupuni o ka Haku, oia ke ano nui o keia olelo, 2 Kor. 7:10; Ep. 1:13. Ua kapa pono ia, 'he ola nui,' Heb. 2:3. Aole olelo mai na Hebera, o ke Akua ka mea e hoola mai, e hoopakele mai, aka, penei ka olelo ana, 'o ke Akua ko'u ola, 'Hal. 62:7; Is. 12:2; ka leo o ke ola, ka pohaku o ke ola, ka pepeiaohao o ke ola, ka palekaua o ke ola; o ka mea e hoola mai ke ano o ia mau olelo. O 'na aahu o ke ola,' Is. 61:10, oia na kapakomo maikai i komoia'i i ka la ahaaina; o ke ano, ua haawi mai ke Akua i ka pomaikai nui.

(ke) ola life; health, recovery: alive: to live.