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Example sentences from the Web for hapuHe was head of a strong family, or hapu, which mustered a considerable number of fighting men; all his near relations. Old New Zealand:|'A Pakeha Maori' [Frederick Edwa [Maning] If the warriors of the hapu had no guns they would soon be all killed by some tribe that had them. The Book of the Bush|George Dunderdale He was head of a strong family, or hapu, which mustered a considerable number of fighting men, all his near relations. Old New Zealand|Earl of Pembroke. But the chiefs of the Ngapuhi hapu said amongst themselves, "How long will the fire of the Maori burn before it is extinguished?" Old New Zealand|Earl of Pembroke.
Word Origin for hapuMāori Words nearby hapuhaptic, haptics, haptoglobin, haptometer, haptotropism, hapu, hapuka, hapuu, Harada's syndrome, Harahan, harakeke Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |