mauka
See also: maukā
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hawaiian mauka (“landward, shoreward (from the sea), towards the inland”).
See also
Etymology 2
From Aymara mauka (“mauka (Mirabilis expansa)”).
Noun
mauka (plural maukas)
- The flowering Andean root vegetable Mirabilis expansa, which was important to the Incas and which survives in cold, windy places several thousand meters above sea level.
- One of the edible tuberous roots this plant produces.
Synonyms
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mau̯ka/ [mau̯.ka]
- Rhymes: -au̯ka
- Hyphenation: mau‧ka
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Declension
Declension of mauka (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | mauka | mauka | maukak |
ergative | maukak | maukak | maukek |
dative | maukari | maukari | maukei |
genitive | maukaren | maukaren | mauken |
comitative | maukarekin | maukarekin | maukekin |
causative | maukarengatik | maukarengatik | maukengatik |
benefactive | maukarentzat | maukarentzat | maukentzat |
instrumental | maukaz | maukaz | maukez |
inessive | maukatan | maukan | mauketan |
locative | maukatako | maukako | mauketako |
allative | maukatara | maukara | mauketara |
terminative | maukataraino | maukaraino | mauketaraino |
directive | maukatarantz | maukarantz | mauketarantz |
destinative | maukatarako | maukarako | mauketarako |
ablative | maukatatik | maukatik | mauketatik |
partitive | maukarik | — | — |
prolative | maukatzat | — | — |
Declension
Declension of mauka (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | mauka | mauka | maukak |
ergative | maukak | maukak | maukek |
dative | maukari | maukari | maukei |
genitive | maukaren | maukaren | mauken |
comitative | maukarekin | maukarekin | maukekin |
causative | maukarengatik | maukarengatik | maukengatik |
benefactive | maukarentzat | maukarentzat | maukentzat |
instrumental | maukaz | maukaz | maukez |
inessive | maukatan | maukan | mauketan |
locative | maukatako | maukako | mauketako |
allative | maukatara | maukara | mauketara |
terminative | maukataraino | maukaraino | mauketaraino |
directive | maukatarantz | maukarantz | mauketarantz |
destinative | maukatarako | maukarako | mauketarako |
ablative | maukatatik | maukatik | mauketatik |
partitive | maukarik | — | — |
prolative | maukatzat | — | — |
Hawaiian
References
- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “mauka”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
Hawaiian Creole
Adverb
mauka
- towards the mountains, inland
- Go drive mauka.
- Drive towards the mountain side.
See also
Icelandic
Etymology
From mauk (“mash, purée”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmøyːka/
- Rhymes: -øyːka
Conjugation
mauka — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að mauka | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
supine (sagnbót) |
maukað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
maukandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég mauka | við maukum | present (nútíð) |
ég mauki | við maukum |
þú maukar | þið maukið | þú maukir | þið maukið | ||
hann, hún, það maukar | þeir, þær, þau mauka | hann, hún, það mauki | þeir, þær, þau mauki | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég maukaði | við maukuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég maukaði | við maukuðum |
þú maukaðir | þið maukuðuð | þú maukaðir | þið maukuðuð | ||
hann, hún, það maukaði | þeir, þær, þau maukuðu | hann, hún, það maukaði | þeir, þær, þau maukuðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
mauka (þú) | maukið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
maukaðu | maukiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
maukast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að maukast | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
supine (sagnbót) |
maukast | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
maukandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég maukast | við maukumst | present (nútíð) |
ég maukist | við maukumst |
þú maukast | þið maukist | þú maukist | þið maukist | ||
hann, hún, það maukast | þeir, þær, þau maukast | hann, hún, það maukist | þeir, þær, þau maukist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég maukaðist | við maukuðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég maukaðist | við maukuðumst |
þú maukaðist | þið maukuðust | þú maukaðist | þið maukuðust | ||
hann, hún, það maukaðist | þeir, þær, þau maukuðust | hann, hún, það maukaðist | þeir, þær, þau maukuðust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
maukast (þú) | maukist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
maukastu | maukisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
maukaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
maukaður | maukuð | maukað | maukaðir | maukaðar | maukuð | |
accusative (þolfall) |
maukaðan | maukaða | maukað | maukaða | maukaðar | maukuð | |
dative (þágufall) |
maukuðum | maukaðri | maukuðu | maukuðum | maukuðum | maukuðum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
maukaðs | maukaðrar | maukaðs | maukaðra | maukaðra | maukaðra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
maukaði | maukaða | maukaða | maukuðu | maukuðu | maukuðu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
maukaða | maukuðu | maukaða | maukuðu | maukuðu | maukuðu | |
dative (þágufall) |
maukaða | maukuðu | maukaða | maukuðu | maukuðu | maukuðu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
maukaða | maukuðu | maukaða | maukuðu | maukuðu | maukuðu |
Latvian
Etymology
Maybe related to maukt.
Pronunciation
(file) |
Noun
mauka f (4th declension)
- (colloquial, derogatory, vulgar) indecent, dissolute woman; prostitute, whore
- mauku māja ― bordello (lit. whorehouse)
- nosaukt par mauku ― to call (someone) a prostitute, a whore
- pieķert vīrieti pie maukas ― to nab a man at a prostitute('s house)
Declension
Declension of mauka (4th declension)
Synonyms
Maori
Etymology
South Island pronunciation of maunga
References
“mauka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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