maka

M3A1K5A1
/ˈmɑkə/

noun

eye

“I felt the warm water, my makas looked into the sky. Thank you for my love of my islands.”

OriginHawaiian maka →
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Meanings

maka1

nounmaka (plural makas)

plural makas

  1. Hawaiieye

    I felt the warm water, my makas looked into the sky. Thank you for my love of my islands.

    4 more examples

    Getting my makas checked so I can actually SEE! Maybe life will be clear with a new set of "eyes".

    He may be weak in his makas, his eyes, but he has been blessed by an excess in his mana'o, his mind.

    1989, Newspaper Guild Convention, Proceedings ... Annual Convention, page 177

    da rain an da makas yeh, da eyes, da makas dat luk da mowntans an spak da new hi'way runnin tru da vallee da eyes dat see nottin' but one beeg town ...

    2000, Fred Wei-han Ho, Legacy to Liberation, →ISBN

    Open your makas, man!

    2007, Victor Rodger, Sons, →ISBN, page 77

Maka2

proper nounMaka (plural Makas)

plural Makas

  1. A surname.

Origin

maka · noun

  1. Hawaiianmaka
  2. Englishmaka

From Hawaiian maka. Doublet of mata-mata (“police officer”), from Malay mata-mata (“eyes”).

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Maka · proper noun

  1. Tamilமகா
  2. PolishMąka
  3. EnglishMaka

Borrowed from Polish Mąka, and also from Tamil மகா (makā).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with maka

OsakaDhakapatacabakashakacacakakahakamoussakamaracachachalaca
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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

maka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maka

MLA

“maka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maka. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maka,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maka.

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