makai

See also: Makai and makaɨ

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian makai (“seaward”).

Adverb

makai (not comparable)

1. (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).

See also

• mauka

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

makai

1. Shorea assamica, a tree of India.

Anagrams

• Amika, Kaima, maika

Hawaiian

Etymology

ma- +‎ kai (“sea”)

Adverb

makai

1. seaward, towards the sea

   Antonym: mauka

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert (1986), “makai”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From Hawaiian makai (“seaward”).

Adverb

makai

1. towards the sea

   It wen face makai?

   It faced towards the sea?

See also

• mauka

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Verb

makai

1. to eat (consume)

Japanese

Romanization

makai

1. Rōmaji transcription of まかい