kapu

English

noun

Definitions

Taboo, especially in Hawaiian contexts.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian kapu derived from Proto-Polynesian *tapu derived from Proto-Oceanic *tabu derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu.

Origin

Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

*tambu

Gloss

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

tabu Slovak
jabwi Marshallese
tambu Tok Pisin
kapu Hawaiian
tapu Maori
*tapu Proto-Polynesian
*tabu Proto-Oceanic
tabu Fijian
*tambu Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
tapu Rapa Nui
tapu Samoan
tapu Tongan (Tonga Islands)
*tambu Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
tapu Tahitian