`āina nui

a word from vocabulary Hawaiian by ʻŌiwi Parker Jones  
Word form `āina nui
LWT meaning(s)
Comments on word Note: `āina haole (literally, ‘foreign land’) is used to mean ‘mainland’ in the sense of ‘America’.
Word source Pukui & Elbert 1986
Analyzability analyzable phrasal
Gloss 'āina nui [land big]
Age Pukui & Elbert 1986 [30] (1550–1986)