Where does “hoʻonui” come from?

hoʻonui (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian nui, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian nui — big.

hoʻonui (Hawaiian): to enlarge, to magnify

Definitions

  1. to enlarge, to magnify

Ancestry of “hoʻonui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiannuiplenty, a lot, size, dimension, number, area;...
2Proto-Nuclear Polynesiannuibig

Words derived from “hoʻonui”

Every word from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian nui →Every word from Hawaiian nui →
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