makai
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Hawaiian makai (“seaward”).
Adverb edit
makai (not comparable)
- (Hawaii) seaward, towards the sea.
- 2007 April 6, Beth Greenfield, “On the Big Island, a Place for Price-Sensitive Home Shoppers”, in New York Times[1]:
- There are plenty of lots for sale — ranging from $30,000 to $60,000 for an acre that’s mauka (toward the mountain), and $100,000 or much higher for land that’s makai (toward the sea).
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Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
makai
- Shorea assamica, a tree of India.
Anagrams edit
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
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makai
References edit
- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “makai”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
Hawaiian Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Hawaiian makai (“seaward”).
Adverb edit
makai
- towards the sea
- It wen face makai?
- It faced towards the sea?
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Iban edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.
Verb edit
makai
- to eat (consume)
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makai