hapa
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: håpa
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Hawaiian hapa, from English half.
Noun[edit]
hapa (plural hapas)
- (Hawaii, California) A person of mixed ethnic heritage, especially half Asian/Pacific Islander and half white.
See also[edit]
Hawaiian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
hapa
- half of something
- someone who has Hawaiian ancestry mixed with another ethnicity
Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
English
Noun[edit]
hapa
- tea (meal)
Swahili[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hapa
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Hawaiian
- English terms derived from Hawaiian
- English twice-borrowed terms
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Hawaiian English
- Hawaiian terms borrowed from English
- Hawaiian terms derived from English
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian nouns
- Maori lemmas
- Maori nouns
- Swahili non-lemma forms
- Swahili adjective forms
