Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvs., Big, large, great, greatest, grand, important, principal, prime, many, much, often, abundant, bulky; plenty, a lot, maximum, most, size, number, amount, bulk, volume, magnitude, quantity, dimension, extent, area, entirety, greater part, enough, sufficiency. Before a noun, nui may mean ‘group’, as nui manō, group of sharks, or nui manu, flock of birds.

• Examples:
  • Nui loa, nui ʻino, nui hewahewa, very much or many, abundant, too much, very large, immense, huge.
  • Aloha nui loa, aloha ā nui, very much aloha [common salutations to letters].
  • Leo nui, loud voice, loud.
  • Nui nā hewa, many mistakes.
  • Nui lua ʻole, immeasurably large, tremendous.
  • Nui iki, a trifle larger.
  • Nui aʻe, larger.
  • Ka nui mai auaneʻi kona kino, what a large body he has.
  • Nui ʻino lākou, they were very many.
  • Ua hele nui aku nei i kahakai, the many of them went to the beach.
  • Ua hoʻi aku nei ka nui kamaliʻi, the great part of the children have returned.
  • Ua nui kēia, this is enough.
• Related:
  • hoʻonui Caus/sim.; To enlarge, increase, multiply, magnify, exaggerate, add to, dilate; multiplication; to increase in volume, of music; crescendo mark in music.
    • Hoʻonui leo, loud speaker.
    • Hoʻonui ʻōlelo, wordy, verbose, padded, prolix; to exaggerate, boast, enlarge on the truth; to talk excessively.
• References:
  • Cf. ʻano nui, haʻanui, hapa nui, mea nui, nui kino.
  • PNP nui ; cf. Nukuoro.

2. (Cap.) n., Name of a star (no data).