mauka

See also: maukā

English

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

mauka (not comparable)

  1. (Hawaii) inland, towards the mountains.

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Etymology 2

From Aymara mauka (mauka, Mirabilis expansa).

Noun

mauka (plural maukas)

  1. 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.
  2. One of the edible tuberous roots this plant produces.
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Icelandic

Etymology

From mauk (mash, purée).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmøyːka/
  • Rhymes: -øyːka

Verb

mauka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative maukaði, supine maukað)

  1. to mash, purée

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Latvian

Etymology

Maybe related to maukt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mauka f (4th declension)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, vulgar) indecent, dissolute woman; prostitute, whore
    mauku mājabordello (lit. whorehouse)
    nosaukt par maukuto call (someone) a prostitute, a whore
    pieķert vīrieti pie maukasto nab a man at a prostitute('s house)

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