nui

• IPA^(key): /nɥi/

nui (intransitive, hence invariable)

1. past participle of nuire

• uni

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui.

nui

1. plenty, a lot, size, dimension, number, area
2. group, before nouns

   nui manō ― group of sharks

nui

1. (stative) big, great, abundant

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

nui

1. we

Cognate with Samogitian noi with the same meaning.

• IPA^(key): /nui/

nui

1. yes, that's right

• tai

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui.

nui

1. big

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui.

nui

1. big, great

• Rapa Nui
• nui nui

From Latin nūbes. Compare Italian nube and nuvola.

nui

1. (Campidanese) cloud

From Latin nōs. Compare Italian noi.

nui

1. we

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

• ni
• vui

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan nuí, O'odham ñuvĭ.

nui (plural nunnui)

1. turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

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

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nui.

nui

1. (archaic) big

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

• 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.

From French nouille (“noodle”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nuj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nuj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [nuj˧˧]

nui

1. short-tubed pasta

• Not to be confused with nuy.