Meaning of hapit

adv. almost

adv. nearly

approximately

near

v. 1. drop by, stop in for a short while. Hapit úsà mu sa balay, Stop in the house for a while. Ang ayruplánu mihapit úsà sa Haway, Their plane made a stopover in Hawaii; 2. get or bring something on the way. Akuy muhapit níya sa íla, I will stop in her house and fetch her on the way. Kinsay maghapit sa libru sa ámù? Who will stop by our place to deliver (or get) the book? Wà bay nakahapit sa libru sa inyu? Hasn’t anybody stopped by your place to get (or deliver) the book? Hapitun níya ang búlù pagkanáug, He will pick up the bolo on his way out. Gihapitan aku níyag palit ug búwak, He stopped in s.w. on his way to buy me some flowers. Ihapit kining kwarta pagdipusitu sa bangku, Stop in the bank on your way to deposit this money; n. stopover. hapithapit v. make stopovers. Lángan kaáyu ang barkung maghapithapit ug daghang pwirtu, It takes a long time if a boat keeps making stopovers in lots of ports. -ánan n. place where stopovers are made.

almost, almost at the point of. Hápit na malútù ang kan-un, The food is almost done. Hápit na siya muhílak, She is on the verge of tears. Hápit na mugíkan ang trák, The truck is about to leave. dílì — hardly, barely. Dílì hápit (Hápit dílì) madungug ang íyang tíngug, You can barely hear his voice. — madúgay for something expected to be completed later than the expected time (lit. it is almost going to be a long time). Usually used as a reply to a query (humorous). ‘Hápit na ba malútù ang kan-un?’—‘Hápit na madúgay.’ ‘Is the food ready?’—‘It still needs several minutes.’