Word.ws English Dictionary

hapū

hapū is the alternative spelling of hapu.

Meaning of hapu

Noun

hapu (plural hapus or hapu)

  1. (New Zealand) A subtribe of an iwi or Maori tribe; the basic political unit within Māori society; a subtribe or extended family.
    • “I don't know whose family it belongs in. I made enquiries round all my relations, and most Ngai Tahu hapu.”1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 253

Forms of hapū

pluralhapūs
pluralhapū

Questions about hapū

What is hapū the alternative spelling of?
Hapū is the alternative spelling of hapu.

Words near hapū in the dictionary

  1. hapus
  2. hapus mango
  3. hapus mangoes
  4. hapus mangos
  5. hapuʻu
  6. hapū
  7. hapūs
  8. Haq
  9. HAQER
  10. Haqq
  11. Haqs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hapū (page history and authors); hapu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “hapū.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hap%C5%AB. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.