mauka
/mɑːˈuːkə/Hawaiian
adverb
Towards the mountains; in an inland direction. Opposed to makai.
adjective
Inland, mountainward.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Isabella Bird (1831–1904), traveller. From Hawaiian mauka from ma beside, at, on, towards + uka inland, upriver, upland, towards the mountain.
- metasomatically
- metasomatise
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- metasomatize
- metasomatosis
- metasome
- metastability
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- Metastasian
- metastasis
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- metasternal
- metasternum
- metastoma
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- metasyncritic