nunui - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

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1. (verb) to be big, large, important, major.

He wahine i whai kupu ki ngā take katoa, ahakoa itiiti, ahakoa nunui (TTR 1990:20). / She was a woman who spoke on all matters, whether minor or major.

Synonyms: meiha, kaitā

2. (modifier) large, big - mainly used as the plural form of nui.

I tōna wā ka tū ko ia hei rangatira mō Ngāti Rangiwewehi, tētehi o ngā hapū nunui o Te Arawa (TTR 1990:9). / In his time he became a leader of Ngāti Rangiwewehi, one of the large Te Arawa sub-tribes.

See also nui

Synonyms: rarahi, katete, korahi, tetere, matararahi, mātua, whakahara, mokorahi, pūhetī, kaitā, kūpara, mokorarahi, rahi, pūwharu, whakatikotiko, pūharu, pūwheti, tuangea, ruarangi, nui, hira, mātuatua, matarahi

3. (noun) size, bigness.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 44;)

Nō te makurutanga, te nunui o te kūmara (HP 1991:14). / Because of the fertility the kūmara were huge.

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