hapu

See also: hāpu and hapū

English

Alternative forms

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.]
    • 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

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 hapu hapud
genitive hapu 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

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
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