Marai vs Makai - What's the difference?
marai | makai |
(Hawaii) seaward, towards the sea.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 6, author=Beth Greenfield, title=On the Big Island, a Place for Price-Sensitive Home Shoppers, work=New York Times
, 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). }}
As a verb marai
is to growl, grumble, snarl.As an adverb makai is
(hawaii) seaward, towards the sea.makai
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