Home › Words › M › makaimakaimakai · name — A male given name.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyBorrowed from Hawaiian makai (“seaward”).nameA male given name.advseaward, towards the sea.e.g.“There are plenty of lots for sale — ranging from $30,000 to $60,000 for an acre that’s mauka (toward the mountain), and $100,000 or much higher for land that’s makai (toward the sea).” — 2007 April 6, Beth Greenfield, “On the Big Island, a Place for Price-Sensitive Home Shoppers”, in New York Times:nounShorea assamica, a tree of India.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).