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1. vs., Excelling, exceeding, projecting beyond, reaching high above; to jut out, excel.

• Examples:
  • Hanohano Hāʻupu kela i ka lani, glorious (Mt.) Hāʻupu reaching high in the sky.
• Related:
  • hoʻokela Caus/sim.; To outdo, surpass, excel, exceed; to show off, try to excel, show preference; higher, superior, vain.
• References:
  • Cf. kākela, pākela, poʻokela and ex., ʻoi #2.

2. n., Sailor.

• Source:
  • English.
• Related:
  • Also: sela.

3. n., Tailor.

• Source:
  • English.

4. n., Gerah.

• Source:
  • Biblical.
  • English.
• Related:
  • Also: gera.

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.
• References:
  • See kēlā … kēia and Gram. 8.3.
  • PNP teelaa .