hapu

See also: hāpu and hapū

English

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Hapū

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• hapū

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori hapū.

Pronunciation

• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌːpuː/, /ˈhʌpuː/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːpuː/, /ˈhapuː/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːpu

Noun

hapu (plural hapus or hapu)

1. (New Zealand) A subtribe of an iwi or Maori tribe; the basic political unit within Māori society; a subtribe or extended family. [from 19th c.]
   • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 253:

     “I don't know whose family it belongs in. I made enquiries round all my relations, and most Ngai Tahu hapu.”

   • 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 67:

     Sometimes such migrations led nascent hapū to districts well away from those of the tribe's previous habitation.

   • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 68:

     In political terms Māori also organised for war in hapu, groups subordinate to chiefs, fighting as units.

Anagrams

• Hupa, pahu

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hap'oin, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *čappa. Cognates include Finnish hapan and Hungarian savanyú.

Adjective

hapu (genitive hapu, partitive haput, comparative hapum, superlative kõige hapum)

1. sour
2. (dated) acidic

Inflection

Declension of hapu (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hapu	hapud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	hapu
genitive			hapude
partitive		haput	hapusid
illative		happu hapusse	hapudesse
inessive		hapus	hapudes
elative		hapust	hapudest
allative		hapule	hapudele
adessive		hapul	hapudel
ablative		hapult	hapudelt
translative		hapuks	hapudeks
terminative		hapuni	hapudeni
essive		hapuna	hapudena
abessive		haputa	hapudeta
comitative		hapuga	hapudega

Derived terms

• hapukas
• hapukurk
• hapnik
• hape

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hap'oin, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *čappa.

Adjective

hapu (genitive hapnõ or hapna, partitive hapund)

1. sour

Inflection

Inflection of hapu

	singular	plural
nominative	hapu	hapnõq hapnaq
accusative	hapnõ hapna	hapnõq hapnaq
genitive	hapnõ hapna	hapnidõ hapundõ
partitive	hapund	hapnit
illative	hapnõhe hapnahe	hapnihe hapundõhe
inessive	hapnõn hapnan hapnõhn hapnahn	hapnin hapundõn hapnihn hapundõhn
elative	hapnõst hapnast	hapnist hapundõst
allative	hapnõlõ hapnalõ	hapnilõ hapundõlõ
adessive	hapnõl hapnal	hapnil hapundõl
ablative	hapnõlt hapnalt	hapnilt hapundõlt
translative	hapnõs hapnas	hapnis hapundõs
terminative	hapnõniq hapnaniq	hapniniq hapundõniq
abessive	hapnõldaq hapnaldaq	hapnildaq hapundõldaq
comitative	hapnõgaq hapnagaq	hapnidõgaq hapundõgaq