nui

See also NUI, and nu-i

Campidanese Sardinian

Etymology

Latin nubes. Compare Italian nube and nuvola.

Noun

nui

1. cloud

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French

Verb

nui (intransitive, hence invariable)

1. Past participle of nuire

Anagrams

• uni

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui

Noun

nui

1. plenty, a lot, size, dimension, number, area
2. group, before nouns (nui manō, group of sharks)

Verb

nui

1. (stative) big, great, abundant

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Latgalian

Etymology

Cognate with Samogitian particle noi with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nui/

Particle

nui

1. yes, that's right

Synonyms

• tai

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui

Adjective

nui

1. big

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui

Adjective

nui

1. big, great

Derived terms

• Rapa Nui
• nui nui

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin nōs. Compare Italian noi.

Pronoun

nui

1. we

Usage notes

• The pronoun nui is rarely used in Sicilian by itself. Instead, the preferred forms combine nui (“we”) and àutri (“others”), such as nuàutri.

See also

• ni
• vui

References

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Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui

Adjective

nui

1. (archaic) big

Usage notes

Largely replaced by rahi, except in some common compounds like Tahiti nui.

References

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “nui” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.