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Makai vs Mauka - What's the difference?

makai | mauka | see also |

In hawaii terms the difference between makai and mauka

is that makai is seaward, towards the sea while mauka is inland, towards the mountains.

As a noun mauka is

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.

makai

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (Hawaii) seaward, towards the sea.
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    • , passage=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 ----

    mauka

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (Hawaii) inland, towards the mountains.

    • See also

    * makai

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Anagrams

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