hapa haolen.adj.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːpə ˈhaʊliː/, U.S.

/ˌhɑpə ˈhaʊli/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: A borrowing from Hawaiian. Etymon: Hawaiian hapa haole.

Etymology: < Hawaiian hapa haole, noun, also used attributively < hapa half ( < English half adj.) + haole white, white person (see haole n.). With use with reference to music (sense B. 2) compare Hawaiian hula hapa haole Americanized hula, mele hapa haole Hawaiian-style song with (mainly) English words. Compare earlier haole n. Compare also later hapa n. and hapa adj.

Originally and chiefly Hawaiian.

A. n.

A person having mixed white and other parentage, esp. one of mixed white and East Asian, South-East Asian, or Pacific Islander descent.

ΚΠ

1875 Islander 19 Mar. 11/1 ‘My friend was reclining on a ratan chair, out on the broad piazza, and chatting with a couple of black-eyed nymphs.’ ‘Houris, I presume, Tom.’ ‘Not exactly. They were hapa-haoles.’

1911 San Francisco Chron. 11 Mar. 9/5 The reports of his engagement, which started through his constant attendance on the charming hapa-haole.

1963 O. A. Bushnell Molokai v. 72 He was extraordinarily handsome, with a strong lean mouth, a thin beaked nose not entirely Hawaiian in its curving, and the olive complexion of a hapa-haole.

2006 K. Fulbeck Part Asian 100% Hapa 261 In those days, Hapa Haoles formed a middle class between Haoles and Hawaiians.

B. adj.

1. Of or designating a person having mixed white and other (esp. East Asian, South-East Asian, or Pacific Islander) parentage.

ΚΠ

a1916 J. London Makaloa Mat (1919) 41 Other women, hapa-haole and full native, watched her anxiously as she fled.

1939 J. W. McSpadden Beautiful Hawaii xv. 174 When harassed school-teachers or Board of Health officers try to classify them, they learn that they are ‘hapa haole’—half white—and half something else.

1968 Billboard 18 May h16/2 Hawaii's nightclubs are many-splendored in their visual display of multi-racial talents—a hapa-haole singer, a Japanese pianist.

2004 D. Lee Country of Origin (2005) 12 He had those mixed-blooded hapa haole features that women liked: thick, wavy black hair, a straight nose, angular cheekbones... He was half-white and half-Korean.

2. Of music: incorporating influences from both Hawaii and the mainland United States.

ΚΠ

1936 Los Angeles Times 17 Feb. 14/1 A menu of old Hawaiian melodies, lively hula tunes, dance music and the currently popular hapa-haole songs.

1978 Remembering Kakaako ii. 641 Hawaiian songs and hapa-haole numbers,..and some Mainland songs.

1999 J. C. Desmond Staging Tourism iii. 71 A mixing of Caucasian and non-Caucasian stylings took place not only in bodily presentation but also in the emergence of hapa-haole music.

2013 Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Nexis) 19 May He is one of the great Hawaiian baritones of the 20th century and, with the evolution of Hawaiian and hapa haole music in recent decades, perhaps the last.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hapa haole
释义	hapa haolen.adj. Brit. /ˌhɑːpə ˈhaʊliː/, U.S. /ˌhɑpə ˈhaʊli/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: A borrowing from Hawaiian. Etymon: Hawaiian hapa haole. Etymology: < Hawaiian hapa haole, noun, also used attributively < hapa half ( < English half adj.) + haole white, white person (see haole n.). With use with reference to music (sense B. 2) compare Hawaiian hula hapa haole Americanized hula, mele hapa haole Hawaiian-style song with (mainly) English words. Compare earlier haole n. Compare also later hapa n. and hapa adj. Originally and chiefly Hawaiian. A. n. A person having mixed white and other parentage, esp. one of mixed white and East Asian, South-East Asian, or Pacific Islander descent. ΚΠ 1875 Islander 19 Mar. 11/1 ‘My friend was reclining on a ratan chair, out on the broad piazza, and chatting with a couple of black-eyed nymphs.’ ‘Houris, I presume, Tom.’ ‘Not exactly. They were hapa-haoles.’ 1911 San Francisco Chron. 11 Mar. 9/5 The reports of his engagement, which started through his constant attendance on the charming hapa-haole. 1963 O. A. Bushnell Molokai v. 72 He was extraordinarily handsome, with a strong lean mouth, a thin beaked nose not entirely Hawaiian in its curving, and the olive complexion of a hapa-haole. 2006 K. Fulbeck Part Asian 100% Hapa 261 In those days, Hapa Haoles formed a middle class between Haoles and Hawaiians. B. adj. 1. Of or designating a person having mixed white and other (esp. East Asian, South-East Asian, or Pacific Islander) parentage. ΚΠ a1916 J. London Makaloa Mat (1919) 41 Other women, hapa-haole and full native, watched her anxiously as she fled. 1939 J. W. McSpadden Beautiful Hawaii xv. 174 When harassed school-teachers or Board of Health officers try to classify them, they learn that they are ‘hapa haole’—half white—and half something else. 1968 Billboard 18 May h16/2 Hawaii's nightclubs are many-splendored in their visual display of multi-racial talents—a hapa-haole singer, a Japanese pianist. 2004 D. Lee Country of Origin (2005) 12 He had those mixed-blooded hapa haole features that women liked: thick, wavy black hair, a straight nose, angular cheekbones... He was half-white and half-Korean. 2. Of music: incorporating influences from both Hawaii and the mainland United States. ΚΠ 1936 Los Angeles Times 17 Feb. 14/1 A menu of old Hawaiian melodies, lively hula tunes, dance music and the currently popular hapa-haole songs. 1978 Remembering Kakaako ii. 641 Hawaiian songs and hapa-haole numbers,..and some Mainland songs. 1999 J. C. Desmond Staging Tourism iii. 71 A mixing of Caucasian and non-Caucasian stylings took place not only in bodily presentation but also in the emergence of hapa-haole music. 2013 Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Nexis) 19 May He is one of the great Hawaiian baritones of the 20th century and, with the evolution of Hawaiian and hapa haole music in recent decades, perhaps the last. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1875
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