hapo
locative demonstrative
there; at that place.
Points back to a place already in view or mentioned.
Origins
Hapo is the same pa- locative form, built on hiyo, “that,” rather than hii.
Sources4
Charles Sacleux, Grammaire des dialectes swahilis (Paris: Procure des Pères du Saint-Esprit, 1909), PDF page 160.
Documents reference to a place already mentioned.
A. C. Madan, Swahili-English Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903), PDF page 119.
Documents reference to a place already mentioned.
- hapo (Wiktionary)
Tags hapo as the pa-class inflected form of hiyo.
- pa- (Wiktionary)
Traces the pa- locative class prefix to Proto-Bantu *pá- / Proto-Sabaki *pa-.
Examples
Simama hapo.
Stop right there.
Kaa hapo, nakuja sasa hivi.
Wait there, I'm coming right now.
Hapo ndipo tulipokutana.
That's where we met.
Nishushe hapo mbele.
Drop me off just up there.
Duka liko hapo kando ya barabara.
The shop is right there by the road.
Hapo si pazuri pa kuvuka.
That's not a good place to cross.
Usiache begi lako hapo.
Don't leave your bag there.
Kutoka hapo, pinda kushoto.
From there, turn left.
Nilikuona hapo jana.
I saw you there yesterday.
