hapus
English
Noun
hapus
- 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
- infinitive, imperative , and colloquial of menghapus
- to erase
- to disappear, to vanish
- Synonyms: hilang, lenyap, musnah
- to be paid off, to be forgiven
- Synonym: diampuni
Derived terms
- dihapus
- dihapuskan
- keterhapusan
- menghapus
- menghapuskan
- penghapus
- penghapusan
- terhapus
Further reading
- “hapus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [häpʊs, -pos, -po̞s]
Verb
hapus (Jawi spelling هاڤوس)
- 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 | Malay Literary Reference Centre, 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/
Audio (file)
Adjective
hapus (feminine singular hapus, plural hapusion, equative hapused, comparative hapusach, superlative hapusaf, not mutable)
- happy
Derived terms
- penblwydd hapus (“happy birthday”)