tapu
Maori
adj
Definitions
- holy, sacred, consecrated
- restricted, prohibited, forbidden
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *tapu inherited from Proto-Oceanic *tabu inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu.
Origin
Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
*tambu
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kapu English
- tabu Slovak
- jabwi Marshallese
- tambu Tok Pisin
- kapu Hawaiian
- Rātapu Maori
- rā 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