hapu

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Maori hapū.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.

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Estonian

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. sour
  2. (dated) acidic

Inflection

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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

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Võro

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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hapu (genitive hapnõ or hapna, partitive hapund)

  1. sour

Inflection

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