nui

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

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.

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

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, pages 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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