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Tapu

//ˈtɑːpuː// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of taboo. New-Zealand, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "Spies were sent to test the Moriori’s mettle by violating tapu & despoiling holy sites."

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of taboo. New-Zealand, alt-of, alternative

    "Tapuing seeds and fields are types of the English laws for protecting out-door property; women tapued to men is matrimony; tapuing sick persons is analogous to the quarantine orders against lepers, the plague and the yellow fever."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Māori tapu. Doublet of kapu.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Māori tapu. Doublet of kapu.

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