nui

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See also: NUI, núi, nuí, nuï, nu-i, nu'i, ǀnṵ̀i, and ǀn̥ûʻi

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nɥi/
  • Audio(file)

Participle[edit]

nui (intransitive, hence invariable)

  1. past participle of nuire

Anagrams[edit]

Hawaiian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nui

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

Verb[edit]

nui

  1. (stative) big, great, abundant

Istriot[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin nōs. Compare Italian noi, Sicilian nui, Dalmatian nu.

Pronoun[edit]

nui

  1. we

Latgalian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From nu (“well”) +‎ i (“too”). Akin to Samogitian noi.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈnùi̯]
  • Hyphenation: nui

Particle[edit]

nui

  1. yes, that's right

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

nui

  1. Nonstandard spelling of nuí.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maori[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui.

Adjective[edit]

nui

  1. big

Antonyms[edit]

  • punua (“small, little”)

Rapa Nui[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui.

Adjective[edit]

nui

  1. big, great

Derived terms[edit]

Sardinian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin nūbes. Compare Italian nube and nuvola.

Noun[edit]

nui

  1. (Campidanese) cloud

Sicilian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin nōs. Compare Italian noi.

Pronoun[edit]

nui

  1. we

Usage notes[edit]

  • The pronoun nui is rarely used in Sicilian by itself. Instead, the preferred forms combine nui (“we”) and àutri (“others”), such as nuàutri.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pitrè, Giuseppe (1875) Fiabe, novelle e racconti popolari siciliani, Volume 4‎[1] (in Italian), Palermo: L. Pedone Lauriel, →ISBN, page ccx

Southeastern Tepehuan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan nuí, O'odham ñuvĭ.

Noun[edit]

nui (plural nunnui)

  1. turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

References[edit]

  • R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎[2] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 136

Tahitian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui.

Adjective[edit]

nui

  1. (archaic) big

Usage notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French nouille (“noodle”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nui

  1. macaroni

Usage notes[edit]

  • Not to be confused with nuy.
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