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:
      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

Etymology 2

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Noun

makai

  1. Shorea assamica, a tree of India.

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Etymology

ma- +‎ kai (“sea”)

Adverb

makai

  1. seaward, towards the sea
    Antonym: mauka

References
  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (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

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
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