hapus

See also: hapūs

English

Noun

hapus

1. plural of hapu

Anagrams

• APUSH, HSUPA, Hupas, pahus

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay hapus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qa(m)pus (“come to an end, be destroyed”). Doublet of mampus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhapʊs]
• Hyphenation: ha‧pus

Verb

hapus (active menghapus, reflexive passive terhapus, ordinary passive dihapus, imperative hapus, emphatic-jussive hapuslah)

1. infinitive, imperative , and colloquial of menghapus
   1. to erase
   2. to disappear, to vanish

      Synonyms: hilang, lenyap, musnah

   3. to be paid off, to be forgiven

      Synonym: diampuni

Conjugation

Conjugation of hapus (meng-, transitive)

root	hapus
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	menghapus	terhapus	dihapus	hapus	hapuslah
accusative / dative / locative	menghapusi	–	dihapusi	hapusi	hapusilah
perfective causative / applicative2	menghapuskan	terhapuskan	dihapuskan	hapuskan	hapuskanlah
	causative
nominative	–	–	–	–	–
accusative / dative / locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	–	–	–	–	–

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Alternative forms

• apus

Derived terms

• dihapus
• dihapuskan
• keterhapusan
• menghapus
• menghapuskan
• penghapus
• penghapusan
• terhapus

Related terms

• apus
• mampus

Further reading

• “hapus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qa(m)pus (“come to an end, be destroyed”). Doublet of mampus. Compare Sundanese apus (“easily go out, extinguished (fire)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hapus/
• Rhymes: -apus, -us
• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [häpʊs, -pos, -po̞s]

Verb

hapus (Jawi spelling هاڤوس)

1. to extinguish; to put an end to

   Hapuskan sesiapa sahaja yang mengkhianati kesultanan beta!

   Destroy all those who betrayed my kingdom!

Derived terms

• penghapusan

Descendants

• Indonesian: hapus

See also

• mampus
• hangus
• hancur
• padam

Further reading

• "hapus" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Welsh

Etymology

hap (“hap, chance, luck”) +‎ -us, a calque of English happy.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhapɨ̞s/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhapɪs/

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Adjective

hapus (feminine singular hapus, plural hapusion, equative hapused, comparative hapusach, superlative hapusaf, not mutable)

1. happy

   Antonym: anhapus

Derived terms

• hapusrwydd (“happiness”)
• penblwydd hapus (“happy birthday”)

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hapus”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies