hapa

See also: Haapa, haapa, håpa, and hāpa

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian hapa, from English half.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑpə/

Noun

hapa (plural hapas)

1. (Hawaii, California) A person of mixed ethnic heritage, especially half East or Southeast Asian or Pacific Islander and half white.
   • 2016 August 8, Akemi Johnson, “Who Gets To Be 'Hapa'?”, in NPR‎^[1]:

     It's what my fiancé and I call ourselves, and how we think of the children we might have: second-generation hapas.
     But as the term grows in popularity, so does debate over how it should be used. Some people argue that hapa is a slur and should be retired.

Derived terms

• hapa haole

 

See also

• Amerasian
• haafu

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

hapa (plural hapas)

1. A mesh cage-like structure placed in the water to hold fish.
   • 2015, M. Chakroff, P. Corps, Freshwater Fish Pond Culture and Management, page 148:

     Usually one female is placed into a hapa with two males to insure that fertilization occurs.

Hawaiian

Etymology

Borrowed from English half.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.pa/, [ˈhɐ.pə]

Noun

hapa

1. half of something
2. someone who has Hawaiian ancestry mixed with another ethnicity

Descendants

• → English: hapa

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑpɑ/, [ˈhɑpɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑpɑ/, [ˈhɑb̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: ha‧pa

Adjective

hapa (comparative hapemp)

1. Alternative form of hapan (“sour”)
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 103:

     Höö kantoivat hartijoil burdjukkoja — hapal maijool, airanaal täytettyjä säkkijä lampaan nahast.

     They carried burdjuks — sacks made of sheep skin filled with ayran, sour milk.

Declension

Declension of hapa (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	hapa	hapat
genitive	hapan	happoin
partitive	happaa	hapoja
illative	happaa	happoi
inessive	hapas	hapois
elative	hapast	hapoist
allative	hapalle	hapoille
adessive	hapal	hapoil
ablative	hapalt	hapoilt
translative	hapaks	hapoiks
essive	hapanna, happaan	hapoinna, happoin
exessive1)	hapant	hapoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 40

Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English supper.

Noun

hapa

1. tea (meal)

References

• “hapa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Sotho

Verb

hapa

1. to win

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

hapa

1. Pa class inflected form of hii.

Adverb

hapa

1. here

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.ˈpa/

Adverb

hapa

1. like this, this way, thus

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics