nui nui
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Rapa Nui[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reduplication of nui (“big”).
Adjective[edit]
- very big, immense
- 1995, Veronica de Feu, Rapanui: A Descriptive Grammar, page 153:
- Ko tikea 'a e au te moai nui nui ... 'I have seen a big statue.'
Note: This source does not show non-ambiguous glottal stops.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)