makai
See also: Makai
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hawaiian makai (“seaward”).
Adverb
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:
- 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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See also
- mauka
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
makai
- Shorea assamica, a tree of India.
Anagrams
- Amika, Kaima, maika
Hawaiian
Etymology
ma- + kai (“sea”)
Adverb
makai
- seaward, towards the sea
- Antonym: mauka
References
- “makai” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986
Hawaiian Creole
Etymology
From Hawaiian makai (“seaward”).
Adverb
makai
- 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
- to eat (consume)
Japanese
Romanization
makai
- Rōmaji transcription of まかい