hapa

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from English half.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhapɐ], [ˈhapə]

• Audio (Southern England)

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hapa (plural hapas)

1. (Hawaii, California) A person of mixed ethnic heritage, especially half East or Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander and half white.

• Amerasian
• haafu

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• IPA^(key): [ˈhapɐ]
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hapa (plural hapas)

1. A mesh cage-like structure placed in the water to hold fish.
   • 2015, M. Chakroff, P. Corps, Freshwater Fish Pond Culture and Management, page 148:

     Usually one female is placed into a hapa with two males to insure that fertilization occurs.

Borrowed from English half.

hapa

1. half of something
2. someone who has Hawaiian ancestry mixed with another ethnicity

• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑpɑ/, [ˈhɑpɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑpɑ/, [ˈhɑb̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: ha‧pa

hapa (comparative hapemp)

1. Alternative form of hapan (“sour”)

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 40

Borrowed from English supper.

hapa

1. tea (meal)

hapa

1. to win

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hapa

1. Pa class inflected form of hii.

hapa

1. here

• IPA^(key): /ha.ˈpa/

hapa

1. like this, this way, thus

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics