mākuʻe

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Marquesic *maatuke "dark brown; dark in color", from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *fatuke (“slate-pencil urchin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːˈku.ʔe/

Noun

mākuʻe

  1. brown (color/colour)

See also

Colors in Hawaiian · waihoʻoluʻu (layout · text)
     keʻokeʻo, kea      āhinahina      ʻeleʻele, pano
             ʻulaʻula, ʻula, helo              alani; mākuʻe              melemele, lenalena
                          ʻōmaʻomaʻo             
             kīʻaha              ʻalalā              polū
                          poni              ākala
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