Where does “mākaʻi” come from?

mākaʻi (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ma-, from Hawaiian ma — in, at.

mākaʻi (Hawaiian): to inspect, to police

Definitions

  1. to inspect, to police

Ancestry of “mākaʻi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianma-prefix indicating quality or state
2Hawaiianmain, at

Words derived from “mākaʻi”

Every word from Hawaiian ma →