hapu
See also: hāpu and hapū
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori hapū.
Pronunciation
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈhʌːpuː/, /ˈhʌpuː/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːpuː/, /ˈhapuː/
Noun
hapu (plural hapus or hapu)
- (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 2021, p. 68:
- In political terms Māori also organised for war in hapu, groups subordinate to chiefs, fighting as units.
- 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 68:
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)
- sour
- (dated) acidic
Inflection
Inflection 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
- hapukas
- hapnik
- hape
Võro
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hap'oin, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *čappa.
Adjective
hapu (genitive hapnõ or hapna, partitive hapund)
- 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 |