hapa

Borrowed from Hawaiian hapa, from English half.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhapɐ], [ˈhapə]

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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

• → English: hapa

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