mā.kai
Rare. var. of mānai, needle.
mā.kaʻi
nvt. Policeman, guard; to police, inspect, spy. Cf. luna mākaʻi. Ua mau kānaka lā mākaʻi i ka ʻāina (Ios. 6.22), the aforementioned men who had spied in the country. hoʻo.mā.kaʻi To act as a policeman; to appoint or invest as a policeman. (Probably PPN mata + -ki, transitivizer; PCP maataki.)
makai
See kai, ocean.
mākaʻi
Manu mākaʻi. Cardinal. Mān. Also manu ʻulaʻula.
Mākaʻi
iʻoa Enif, a star. Mān. (HA).
MA-KAʻI
s. A person that owns no land; o ka mea aina ole he maka'i ka inoa.
MA-KAI
adv. Ma, at, and kai, sea. At or towards the sea, in opposition to mauka, inland. The full form is makahakai, at the sea beach.
MA-KAI
adj. Guarding; going or acting as a guard; huakai makai, a train or people accompanying as a guard. See Laieik. 190.
MA-KAI
s. A guard; a constable; an officer always found in the king's train; a name given to policemen from the nature of their office. See the verb.
2. Any instrument with a sharp edge; a hatchet; a koi; a needle or an instrument used as a needle in stringing flowers for wreaths; manai.
3. Sourness of mind; stinginess; he pi, he aua.
4. Ka hoomakai kohi ole a ka ua.
MA-KAI
v. Maka, eye, and i, intensive, real; particularly. To look at closely; to inspect; to search out. Puk. 39:43.
Makai (mā'-ka'i), adj.
/ mā'-ka'i /Guarding; going or acting as a guard; huakai makai, a train or people accompanying as a guard. (Laieik. p. 190.) I ka ekolu makahiki o ko kaonohiokala huakai makai.
Makai (mā'-ka'i), adv.
/ mā'-ka'i /[Ma, at, and kai, sea.] At or toward the sea. in distinction from mauka, inland.
Makai (mā'-ka'i), n.
/ mā'-ka'i /1. A person who owns no land; o ka mea aina ole he makai ka inoa.
2. One who goes about idly, hence supposed to own nothing; a gadabout.
3. A guard; a constable; an officer always found in the king's train; a policeman. See verb makai.
Makai (mā'-ka'i), v.
/ mā'-ka'i /1. To look at closely; to inspect; to search out.
2. To spy or look out; to act the part of a spy.
3. To look at from motives of curiosity; to take a view of a place; to examine. Syn: Kiu.
4. To look on as a spectator.
Makaʻi
Fishing site, Waipiʻo, Maui. At the base of the sea cliffs at the north end of Waipiʻo Bay.
mākaʻi
Constable always found in the kingʻs train.
makai
seaward.
maka‘i
guard, constable; to inspect, spy.
ma kai
1. Sea or seaward. Scott v. Pilipo, 24 Haw. 277, 280 (1918). 2. Seaward. Palama v. Sheehan, 50 Haw. 298 (1968); In re Application of Mokuleia Ranch and Land Co., Ltd., 59 Haw. 534, 534 (1978); State v. Hawaiian Dredging Co., 48 Haw. 152, 162, 179 (1964); City and County of Honolulu v. Bishop Trust Co., Ltd., 48 Haw. 444, 447 (1965); In re Application of Ashford, 50 Haw. 314 (1968). 3. “The word makai meaning ʻtoward the sea.’” DeFries v. Scott, 268 F. 952, 953 (9th Cir., 1920). 4. Below. Sylva Wailuku Sugar Co., 19 Haw. 602, 604 (1909).
E huli iā “mākaʻi” ma Ulukau.
Search for “mākaʻi” on Ulukau.