makai

Borrowed from Hawaiian makai (“seaward”).

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).

• mauka

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makai

1. Shorea assamica, a tree of India.

• Amika, Kaima, maika

ma- +‎ kai (“sea”)

• IPA^(key): /maˈkai̯/, [məˈkɐj], [məˈkɛj] (rapid speech)

makai

1. seaward, towards the sea

   Antonym: mauka

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

From Hawaiian makai (“seaward”).

makai

1. towards the sea

   It wen face makai?

   It faced towards the sea?

• mauka

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

makai

1. to eat (consume)

makai

1. Rōmaji transcription of まかい