1. mauka - Noun
2. mauka - Adverb
mauka (not comparable)
(Hawaii) inland, towards the mountains.
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.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAll mauka areas on the western half of the Island are experiencing hazardous fuel loads of dry brush conducive to wildfires. Source: Internet
And love for which you will go the distance, because “Zindagi baar-baar bana-ne ka mauka nahin deti”. Source: Internet
In November, the North Shore’s Waialua and Sunset community associations signed a “consensus statement” urging DOT to return the concrete barriers but leave openings at either ends so that vehicles could enter, park and exit on the mauka side. Source: Internet
Heading mauka, you’ll see it on the right side of the road. Source: Internet
The Kahoma Village project and its companion development mauka appear to have been put on hold. Source: Internet
The Hakalau Bridge on Kanna Road, mauka of Highway 19 between Chin Chuck Road and Kaiwiki-Homestead Road, will be closed for repair work starting at 7 a.m. Monday, the county Department of Public Works said Wednesday. Source: Internet