mauka
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of mauka
< Hawaiian, equivalent to ma- directional particle + uka inland, upland
Example Sentences
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The release occurred above Adit 6, a passageway at the mauka end of the Red Hill facility, according to DOH, which said it was notified of the leak at about 3 p.m.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022
These terms are perfectly intelligible out of doors, but it is puzzling when one is asked to sit on “the mauka side of the table.”
From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
I ua Makaula nei me kana mau kaikamahine mauka o Honopuwaiakua, a he mau la ko lakou malaila.
From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren
Just mauka of the Hilo Boarding School are three large, rounded hills which, centuries ago, were mud craters.
From Legends of the Wailuku by Herwig, Will
Hou-hou, meaning “in a huff,” I hear on all sides; and two words, makai, signifying “on the sea-side,” and mauka, “on the mountain side.”
From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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