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loc.n., There, then (usually pronounced leila or lila; Gram. 2.7, 8.6). Laila follows particles with varying meanings:

• Examples:
  • Ā laila, then.
  • I laila, there, at that place.
  • Mai laila mai ā hiki i keia mau makahiki, from then until the present years.
  • Kō laila, of that place, local.
  • He ʻoluʻolu kō laila poʻe, the people of that locality are kind.
  • Malaila, there.
  • Mai laila, from there, thence.
  • No laila, therefore, for that reason, hence, consequently; belonging to that place.
  • O laila, of that place.
  • ʻAʻohe aʻu mea makemake o laila, there is nothing I want there.
• References:
  • PEP l(a,e)ila.