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Muka vs Mauka - What's the difference?

muka | mauka |

As nouns the difference between muka and mauka

is that muka is prepared fibre of harakeke, used in traditional Maori weaving while 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.

As an adverb mauka is

inland, towards the mountains.

muka

English

(wikipedia muka)

Noun

(-)
  • Prepared fibre of harakeke, used in traditional Maori weaving.
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    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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