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demonstrative, This and that, all, every, everything, here and there; miscellaneous, various (kēlā always precedes kēia: see Gram. 11.2.).

• Examples:
  • ʻA ʻohe pau pono o kāna pūlumi ʻana, o kēlā me kēia pau, she did not sweep thoroughly, just here and there and finished, just a lick and a promise.
  • ʻO kēlā mea kēia mea e makemake ana i ka lio, e hele mai ʻoia, who ever wants a horse, let him come.
  • Ua haʻi ʻia ka lono i kēlā mea a me kēia mea o lākou, the news was told to all of them.
• Related:
  • ʻO kēlā a iʻole ʻo kēiā, this or that, alternating.
  • I kēlā me kēia lā, daily.
  • I kēlā me kēia pule, weekly.
  • I kēlā me kēia makahiki, yearly.
  • I kēlā a me kēia ʻelua makahiki, every other year.
  • Kēlā mahina kēia mahina, every month, monthly.