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ʻŌpūnui. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Hawaiian
Etymology
ʻōpū (“belly”) + nui (“big”) = "large-bellied"; corpulence was a status symbol in old Hawaii
Proper noun
ʻŌpūnui
- (historical) a male or female given name from Hawaiian
- a surname
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