English

Proper noun

Makai

1. A male given name

English

Adverb

makai ‎(not comparable)

1. (Hawaii) seaward, towards the sea.
   • 2007 April 6, Beth Greenfield, “On the Big Island, a Place for Price-Sensitive Home Shoppers”, in New York Times:

     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

• mauka

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Verb

makai

1. to eat (consume)