hap, noun

/hap/
Origin:
Afrikaans.
colloquial
A bite, morsel, or mouthful. Also figurative, a chunk.
1970 C.S. Hendry Informant, Somerset West, Western CapeGive me a hap of your apple.
1971 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)If you have a prospector’s license, you can dig anywhere. Whatever you find, the government takes a hap out of it.
1971 B. Reynolds Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)It’s not dinner — just wine, dry bread, and a hap of cheese.
[1972 M.G. McCoy Informant, Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha), Eastern CapeGive me a hapsie of cheese, please.]
1984 Frontline Feb. 33There had been a peach on the back seat..One grabs it, takes a hap, and it quickly does the rounds. One bite each.
1988 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)I ate mine. I didn’t want anyone else to have a hap!
A bite, morsel, or mouthful. Also figurative, a chunk.
Derivatives:
Hence hap  transitive verb, to bite (something).
1977 Het Suid-Western 2 Mar. 1Georgy Girl almost gave the impression that she was serving at the altar. I was afraid she might hap some of the bread out of the Dean’s hand.
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hap, v.
hansie, nounn. & adjectiveadj.happy box, noun phrasen. phr.
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