| \mah-OO-kuh\ |
adverb
1. Hawaii. toward the mountains; inland. |
| Quotes |
You learned what all the island people know, about how to go mauka, toward the mountains in the middle of the island, and how to go makai, toward the ocean lying all around.
-- Kathleen Tyau, A Little Too Much Is Enough, 1995 |
| Origin |
| Mauka is a Hawaiian term formed from the directional particle ma- and uka meaning "inland, upland." It entered English in the late 1800s. |
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