hapu
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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.
- 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)
Inflection
| 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
Võro
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hap'oin, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *čappa.
Adjective
hapu (genitive hapnõ or hapna, partitive hapund)
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 |