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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mauka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
mau-ka
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

inland, towards the mountains.

noun

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.

noun

One of the edible tuberous roots this plant produces.

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

maukas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

makai

Synonyms

chago

Questions

What does mauka mean?
inland, towards the mountains.
Where does mauka come from?
Borrowed from Hawaiian mauka (“landward, shoreward (from the sea), towards the inland”).

How to pronounce mauka

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