mauka

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adverb

inland, towards the mountains.

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chago
OriginHawaiian mauka →
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Meanings

mauka1

adverbmauka (not comparable)
  1. Hawaiinot comparableinland, towards the mountains.

mauka2

nounmauka (plural maukas)

plural maukas

  1. 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.
  2. One of the edible tuberous roots this plant produces.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

mauka · adverb

  1. Hawaiianmauka“landward, shoreward (from the sea), towards the inland”
  2. Englishmauka

Borrowed from Hawaiian mauka (“landward, shoreward (from the sea), towards the inland”).

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mauka · noun

  1. Aymaramauka“mauka (Mirabilis expansa)”
  2. Englishmauka

From Aymara mauka (“mauka (Mirabilis expansa)”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

akumaKamauMakua
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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