hapus

See also: hapūs

English

Noun

hapus

1. plural of hapu

Anagrams

• APUSH, HSUPA, Hupas, pahus

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhapʊs]
• Hyphenation: ha‧pus

Verb

hapus

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

Derived terms

• dihapus
• dihapuskan
• keterhapusan
• menghapus
• menghapuskan
• penghapus
• penghapusan
• terhapus

 

Further reading

• “hapus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

• IPA^(key): /hapus/
• Rhymes: -apus, -us
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [häpʊs, -pos, -po̞s]

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

• penghapusan

Descendants

• Indonesian: hapus

See also

• mampus
• hangus
• hancur
• padam

Further reading

• “hapus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhapɨ̞s/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhapɪs/

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Adjective

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

1. happy

   Antonym: anhapus

Derived terms

• hapusrwydd (“happiness”)
• penblwydd hapus (“happy birthday”)

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