Languagle #32: Hawaiian
I ka ʻōlelo nō ke ola, i ka ʻōlelo nō ka make
I ka olelo no ke ola, i ka olelo no ka make
"In speech there is life; in speech there is death."
What it means
One of the best-known ʻōlelo noʻeau, on the power of words.
What kind of saying it is
Oral tradition. In Hawaiian, a ʻōlelo noʻeau. Passed down by word of mouth. Sayings like this have no single author.
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