mauka.
inland, towards the mountains.
Meaning & usage
inland, towards the mountains.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Hawaiian mauka (“landward, shoreward (from the sea), towards the inland”).
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.
One of the edible tuberous roots this plant produces.
Where this word comes from
From Aymara mauka (“mauka (Mirabilis expansa)”).
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