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==English==
 
===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|haw|makai||seaward}}.
 
====Adverb====
{{en-adv|-}}
 
# {{lb|en|Hawaii}} [[seaward]], towards the sea.
#* {{quote-newsjournal|year=2007en|date=April 6, 2007|author=Beth Greenfield|title=On the Big Island, a Place for Price-Sensitive Home Shoppers|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/06/realestate/greathomes/06havens.html▼
|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=====
* {{l|en|mauka}}
 
===Etymology 2===
{{rfe|en}}
 
====Noun====
{{en-noun|?}}
 
# {{taxlink|Shorea assamica|species}}, a tree of India.
 
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aaikm|Amika|Kaima|maika}}
 
==Hawaiian==
 
===Etymology===
From {{etylaf|haw|ma-|kai|t2=sea}}
 
===Pronunciation===
* {{haw-IPA}}
 
===Adverb===
{{en-advhead|-haw|adverb}}
 
# {{Hawaii}} [[seaward]], towards the [[sea.]]
#: {{ant|haw|mauka}}
▲#*{{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|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/06/realestate/greathomes/06havens.html
 
▲|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). }}
===References===
* {{R:Pukui&Elbert}}
 
==Hawaiian Creole==
 
===Etymology===
From {{bor|hwc|haw|makai||seaward}}.
 
===Adverb===
{{head|hwc|adverb}}
 
# towards the [[sea]]
#: {{ux|hwc|It wen face '''makai'''?|It faced '''towards the sea'''?}}
 
====See also====
* [[mauka]]
 
==Iban==
 
===Etymology===
From {{inh|iba|poz-mly-pro|*makan}}, from {{inh|iba|poz-pro|*kaən}}, from {{inh|iba|map-pro|*kaən}}.
 
===Verb===
{{head|iba|verb}}
 
# to [[eat]] {{gloss|consume}}
 
==Japanese==
 
===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}
 
# {{ja-romanization of| まかい}}
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