different between aapa vs hapa

English

Etymology

From Urdu ???? (?p?) / Hindi ??? (?p?).

Noun

aapa (plural aapas)

1. (India, Pakistan, rare) A sister that is older than oneself; also used as a term of familiarity or respect toward a woman that is older.

Finnish

Etymology

From a Sami language (compare Northern Sami áhpi (“swamp, high seas”)), from Old Norse haf.

In use since the second half of the 19th century, for instance attested in Elias Lönnrot: Suomalais-ruotsalainen sanakirja ("Finnish-Swedish Dictionary", 1866-1880).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p?/, [???p?]
• Rhymes: -??p?
• Syllabification: aa?pa

Noun

aapa

1. A type of open swamp.

Declension

Synonyms

• aapasuo

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. ?ISBN.

Inupiaq

Etymology

Proto-Eskimo *ata-ata (“father”)

Noun

aapa

1. father

Synonyms

• taata

References

• National Bilingual Materials Development Center, Alaska (1979). Kaniqsisautit Uqayusragnikun Kobuk Inupiat Junior Dictionary
• Seiler, W. (2012). Iñupiatun Eskimo Dictionary, SIL International

Pitjantjatjara

Alternative forms

• apa

Etymology

Borrowed from English half.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?pa/, [???p?]

Noun

aapa

1. part

References

• "aapa" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *haapa.

Noun

aapa (genitive aavaa, partitive aapaa)

1. aspen

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• "aapa" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian hapa, from English half.

Noun

hapa (plural hapas)

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

See also

• Amerasian

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hapa (plural hapas)

1. A mesh cage-like structure placed in the water to hold fish.

Hawaiian

Etymology

Borrowed from English half.

Noun

hapa

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

Descendants

• ? English: hapa

Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English supper.

Noun

hapa

1. tea (meal)

Sotho

Verb

hapa

1. to win

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

hapa

1. Pa class inflected form of hii.

Adverb

hapa

1. here