maka

From Hawaiian maka, from Proto-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa. Doublet of mata-mata.

maka (plural makas)

1. (chiefly Hawaii) eye
   • 1989, Newspaper Guild Convention, Proceedings ... Annual Convention, page 177:

     He may be weak in his makas, his eyes, but he has been blessed by an excess in his mana'o, his mind.

   • 2000, Fred Wei-han Ho, Legacy to Liberation, →ISBN:

     da rain an da makas yeh, da eyes, da makas dat luk da mowntans an spak da new hi'way runnin tru da vallee da eyes dat see nottin' but one beeg town ...

   • 2007, Victor Rodger, Sons, →ISBN, page 77:

     Open your makas, man!

   Getting my makas checked so I can actually SEE! Maybe life will be clear with a new set of "eyes".

   I felt the warm water, my makas looked into the sky. Thank you for my love of my islands.

• Kama, kama

From Proto-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

maka

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)
2. face
3. bud
4. beloved one

• → English: maka

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Maori mata, Malay mentah, Chamorro mata').

maka

1. (stative) raw (undercooked)

• Rhymes: -aːka

maka

1. indefinite accusative singular of maki
2. indefinite dative singular of maki
3. indefinite genitive singular of maki
4. indefinite accusative plural of maki
5. indefinite genitive plural of maki

maka

1. so
2. therefore

The most often used phrase to mean "therefore" is "maka dari itu".

maka

1. (Banawá) snake

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

maka

1. Rōmaji transcription of まか

maka m

1. genitive singular form of maks

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaka/

maka

1. inflection of mak:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative and accusative dual

From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC. Compare Classical Nahuatl maca (“to give”)

• (Izalco) IPA^(key): /ˈmaka/
• (Witzapan) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣa/

-maka

1. (transitive) to give

   Musta nimetzmaka ne seuk tumin.

   Tomorrow I will give you the rest of the money.

2. (transitive, informal) to punish; to hit

   Kimakak ne tekwani wan kimimiluj.

   She/he hit the jaguar and knocked it down.

• (shortened) -ma

maka

1. Negative imperative marker

   Maka shimutalukan kalijtik

   Don't run inside (the house)

• (shortened) mā

maka

1. thorn, barb, spine, spike

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːˌka/

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From Old Swedish maka, oblique form of maki, from Old Norse maki, from Proto-Germanic *makô. Doublet of make.

maka c

1. spouse; wife; married woman

• fru
• hustru

• make
• man

From Middle Low German maken, cognate with German machen.

maka (present makar, preterite makade, supine makat, imperative maka)

1. To move (slightly) a big, heavy or otherwise difficult-to-move object.
2. To move oneself slightly, for example to allow someone else to reach objects behind you.

• masa

From Old Norse maki, from Proto-Germanic *makô.

maka m

1. equal, match
2. spouse

• makator m (“equal, match, counterpart, companion”)

• Skjut ut gamm släan, no finn ’n makan