different between hapa vs haole

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian haole.

Noun

haole (plural haole or haoles)

1. (Hawaii) A non-Hawaiian, usually specifically a Caucasian.
   • 1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs (page 122)

     I had never known any haoles except Elmer and Marks and they were ice cold affairs. Everyone was always glad when their twice-a-month visit was pau. The very island seemed to sigh with relief […]

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 27:

     Commerce was flourishing in the kingdom and the rising merchant class was made up largely of haole rather than Hawaiians.

Derived terms

• Kill Haole Day

Anagrams

• a**hole, a-hole, ahole

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hao?.le/, [?h?o?le]

Noun

haole

1. foreigner
2. Caucasian
3. Englishman, Englishwoman, American

Verb

haole

1. (stative) foreign
2. (stative) Caucasian, white
3. (stative) English, American

   ??lelo haole — English language