nui

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

Translingual

Symbol

nui

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ngumbi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ngumbi terms

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɥi/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Participle

nui (intransitive, hence invariable)

1. past participle of nuire

Anagrams

• uni

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.i/, [ˈnu.wi]

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

Istriot

Etymology

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

Pronoun

nui

1. we

Latgalian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Particle

nui

1. yes, that's right

Synonyms

• tai

References

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

Mandarin

Romanization

nui

1. nonstandard spelling of nuí

Usage notes

• 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

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui.

Adjective

nui

1. big

Antonyms

• punua (“small, little”)

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *(h)nu(u)y.

Verb

nui (stem II nuih)

1. to smile
2. to laugh

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “nui”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognate with Minica Huitoto nui and Nüpode Huitoto nui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnui̯]
• Hyphenation: nui

Root

nui

1. anaconda, boa

Derived terms

• nuio

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 194

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui.

Adjective

nui

1. big, great

Derived terms

• Rapa Nui
• nui nui

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin nūbes. Compare Italian nube and nuvola.

Noun

nui

1. (Campidanese) cloud

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

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan nuí, O'odham ñuvĭ.

Noun

nui (plural nunnui)

1. turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

References

• 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)‎^[3] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 136

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.

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French nouille (“noodle”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nuj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nuj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nuj˧˧]

Noun

nui

1. macaroni

   nui xào bò ― stir-fried macaroni with beef

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with nuy.