hapus

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See also: hapūs

English

Noun

hapus

  1. plural of hapu

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay hapus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qa(m)pus (“come to an end, be destroyed”). Doublet of mampus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ha‧pus

Verb

hapus (active menghapus, reflexive passive terhapus, ordinary passive dihapus, imperative hapus, emphatic-jussive hapuslah)

  1. infinitive, imperative , and colloquial of menghapus
    1. to erase
    2. to disappear, to vanish
      Synonyms: hilang, lenyap, musnah
    3. to be paid off, to be forgiven
      Synonym: diampuni

Conjugation

Conjugation of hapus (meng-, transitive)
root hapus
active passive basic
imperative 		emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative menghapus terhapus dihapus hapus hapuslah
accusative / dative / locative menghapusi – dihapusi hapusi hapusilah
perfective causative / applicative2 menghapuskan terhapuskan dihapuskan hapuskan hapuskanlah
causative
nominative – – – – –
accusative / dative / locative – – – – –
perfective causative / applicative2 – – – – –

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

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Further reading

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

Verb

hapus (Jawi spelling هاڤوس)

  1. to extinguish; to put an end to
    Hapuskan sesiapa sahaja yang mengkhianati kesultanan beta!
    Destroy all those who betrayed my kingdom!

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: hapus

See also

Further reading

Welsh

Etymology

hap (“hap, chance, luck”) +‎ -us, a calque of English happy.

Pronunciation

Adjective

hapus (feminine singular hapus, plural hapusion, equative hapused, comparative hapusach, superlative hapusaf, not mutable)

  1. happy
    Antonym: anhapus

Derived terms

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hapus”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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