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Yes. The word maki is a Scrabble US word. The word maki is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word maki is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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4-letter words (4 found)

KAIM,KAMI,MAIK,MAKI,

3-letter words (5 found)

AIM,AMI,KAI,KAM,MAK,

2-letter words (6 found)

AI,AM,KA,KI,MA,MI,

You can make 15 words from maki according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of maki

maki amki mkai kmai akmi kami maik amik miak imak aimk iamk mkia kmia mika imka kima ikma akim kaim aikm iakm kiam ikam

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Definitions and meaning of maki

maki

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːki/

Etymology 1

From French maki, from Malagasy maky.

Noun

maki (plural maki)

  1. A ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

Etymology 2

From Japanese 巻(ま)き (maki), stem or continuative form of 巻(ま)く (maku, “to roll”).

Noun

maki (usually uncountable, plural makis or maki)

  1. makizushi, a form of sushi that is rolled.

See also

  • maki-e (probably etymologically unrelated, although it does come from Japanese, like the sushi term...)

Anagrams

  • Kami, Mika, kami

Finnish

Etymology

From Malagasy maky.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑki/, [ˈmɑ̝k̟i]
  • Rhymes: -ɑki
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧ki

Noun

maki

  1. lemur

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “maki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • Mika

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ki/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malagasy maky.

Noun

maki m (plural makis)

  1. maki (ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta)
Descendants
  • English: maki

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese maki (maki), from まき, from 巻き.

Noun

maki m (plural makis)

  1. Ellipsis of makizushi.

Further reading

  • “maki”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒki]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ki
  • Rhymes: -ki

Noun

maki (plural makik)

  1. lemur

Usage notes

In children's books, the word makimajom is also used to indicate maki and majom (“monkey”) together.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • maki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse maki, from Proto-Germanic *makô. Cognate with Danish mage, Swedish make, English match.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːcɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aːcɪ

Noun

maki m (genitive singular maka, nominative plural makar)

  1. spouse, significant other, partner
    Veislan byrjar klukkan 18:00. Makar velkomnir. ― The party starts at 6:00. Guests are welcome to bring their significant others.
  2. mate (an animal's breeding partner)
    Lundinn heldur tryggð við maka sinn. ― The puffin remains loyal to its mate.
  3. (archaic) equal, match
    Synonyms: jafningi, jafnoki

Declension

Derived terms

  • makalaus (“matchless, unparalleled”)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ki/
  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Hyphenation: mà‧ki

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French maki, from Malagasy maka.

Alternative forms

  • machi

Noun

maki m (invariable)

  1. black lemur (Eulemur macaco)
  2. mongoose lemur (Lemur mongoz)

Further reading

  • Eulemur macaco on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
  • Eulemur mongoz on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 巻(ま)き (maki, “roll”), continuative form of 巻(ま)く (maku, “to roll, wrap around”).

Noun

maki m (invariable)

  1. a piece of makizushi

See also

  • sushi

Further reading

  • maki in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

maki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まき

Latvian

Noun

maki m

  1. nominative/vocative plural of maks

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmakʲi/

Noun

maki

  1. nominative/accusative plural of mak

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mä.ki/
  • Rhymes: -i

Verb

maki (Jawi spelling ماکي)

  1. to insult; to mock.
    Synonym(s): ejek, umpat, kutuk

Further reading

  • “maki” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *masaki, from Proto-Oceanic *masakit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit.

Verb

maki

  1. to afflict (of an illness)

Noun

maki

  1. sick person
  2. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Adverb

maki

  1. invalid
Derived terms
  • makimaki

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English monkey.

Noun

maki

  1. ape
  2. monkey
Derived terms
  • makimaki

Middle English

Verb

maki

  1. Alternative form of maken

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *makô.

Noun

maki m

  1. match

Declension

Related terms

  • makr

Descendants

References

  • “maki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mākī.

Noun

maki m

  1. sword

Declension


Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse maki, from Proto-Germanic *makô.

Noun

maki m

  1. associate, partner
  2. match, equal
  3. spouse

Declension

Descendants

  • Swedish: make

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ki/
  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Syllabification: ma‧ki

Noun

maki m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mak

Quechua

Noun

maki

  1. hand

Declension

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ki/

Verb

maki

  1. (transitive) to plant

Conjugation

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[3], Pacific linguistics

Zazaki

Alternative forms

  • mayi, mayki

Etymology

Related to Northern Kurdish mak (“mother”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɑki]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ki

Adjective

maki (comparative dehana maki, superlative tewr maki)

  1. (grammar) feminine

Source: wiktionary.org