Protoform: NUI.1 [NP] Big
| Description: | Big |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> CK *koo-nui "thumb" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Nui | Big | (Fts) |
| Easter Island | Nui-nui | Large, big; grow | (Wbr) |
| Hawaiian | Nui | Big | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Nui | Big, many. Grand, beaucoup. | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Nui | Big | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Nui. Rui (Lch) (Mtu). | Beaucoup, plusieurs, gros, grand. Marque du superlatif (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Ru/rui (Ua Pou), nu/nui (MQN) | Très grand, énorme | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Núe(núe) | Great, large; many; very | (Crk) |
| Moriori | Nui ake | Greater | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Nui | Big | (Wms) |
| Nukumanu | Haka/nuu | Increase (vt) | (Trt) |
| Penrhyn | Nuè | Big | (Lmt) |
| Penrhyn | Kia nui taku roro | Let my measure of *roro* be full | (Bck) |
| Pukapuka | Nui | Very large | (Bge) |
| Rapa | Nui | Large, great | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | Nui | Vast, large, important, plentiful, loud | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Nui | Near Problematic | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Nui | Be great, increase, as wind or pain | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Na/niu (pl. n/niu) | Large, big Phonologically Irregular | (Dnr) |
| Sikaiana | N/niu | Big (plural) | (Sps) |
| Tahitian | Nui | Grand (arch.). Great, large (see the modern word rahi) (Dvs). | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | N/nui | Big, thick, important | (Mle) |
| Tuamotu | Nui | Big | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Nui | Full (of belly) | (Rby) |
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