Protoform: TAPU [OC] Prohibited, under ritual restriction, taboo

Description: Prohibited, under ritual restriction, taboo
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*4 POC *tampu "sacred, forbidden" (Ltk. 1985).
*41 PCEMP *tambu "forbidden, taboo" (ACD).
*6 PEMP *tabus (Bst. 1978).
*7 PBN *tagu "sacred" (Lvy. 1979).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Tapu Sacred, holy, forbidden (Fbg)
Bugotu Tabu Sacred, forbidden, holu (Ivs)
Easter Island Tapu Holy, sacred, forbidden (Fts)
East Futuna Tapu Saint, sacre; defendu, illicite, interdit (Gzl)
East Uvea Tapu Prohibited (Rch)
Emae Tapu Forbidden (Cpl)
Fijian Tabu Forbidden, prohibited, implying a religious sanction (Cpl)
Hawaiian Kapu Taboo, prohibition, sacred, holy, consecrated (Pki)
Ifira-Mele Tapu Forbidden, sacred, taboo (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Dabu Sacred, restricted, taboo (Lbr)
Luangiua Kapu Sacred (Smd)
Mangareva Tapu Prohibited. Saint, sacré; interdit. (Rch)
Marquesas E, Ta boo Law (Rbs)
Marquesas Tapu Sacre, defendu, interdit (Dln)
Marquesas Tábbu A restriction; restricted or rendered sacred; to restrict (Crk)
Moriori Tapu, tchap Sacred . Holiness (Bke)
New Zealand Maori Tapu Be under ritual restriction, prohibited (Bgs)
Nggela Tambu Forbidden (Fox)
Nguna Tapu Prohibited (Stz)
Niuafoʔou Tapu Taboo. Sacred (Tmo). (Dye)
Niue Tapu Sacred, prohibited. forbidden; holy (Sph)
Nuguria Tapu Holy (mysterious), sacred; forbidden (Dvl)
Nuguria Haka/tapu Engaged, betrothed (Dvl)
Nukumanu Haka/tapu (pl. hakattapu) (pass. hakatapu ria) Bless (Trt)
Nukumanu Tapu (pl. ttapu) Holy, sacred (Trt)
Nukuoro Dabu Forbidden, awesome (Crl)
Penrhyn Tapu Forbidden; sacred, prohibited (Sta)
Pukapuka Tapu A gift to a god; gift to bride or groom at wedding feast (Bge)
Rarotongan Tapu Formal ceremonial or religious interdiction (Sve)
Rennellese Tapu Taboo, forbidden, sacred, restricted (Ebt)
Rotuman Fapu/i Marked by a taboo sign (Cwd)
Samoan Tapu Be forbidden (Prt)
Sikaiana Tapu Forbidden; socially or ritually prohibited; sacred (Christian) (Dnr)
Tahitian Tapu A restriction; the word is obsolete in Tahiti, though much used in some islands; sacred, devoted, but this sense is nearly obsolete in Tahitian, although retained in other dialects... (Dvs)
Tahitian Tapu Interdit (Lmt)
Takuu Tapu Forbidden, prohibited, sacred (Mle)
Tikopia Tapu Forbidden, taboo, sacred; sacredness (Fth)
Tokelau Tapu Forbidden; placed under taboo (Sma)
Tongan Tapu Forbidden, prohibited, unlawful (Cwd)
Tongan Taboo Forbidden, illicit; also sacred, consecrated, under a prohibition, any thing forbidden to be eaten or touched (Mar)
Tuamotu Tapu Formal ceremonial religious restrictions (Stn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Tapu/a Forbid, make sacred (Hvn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Tapu Holy, forbidden ; sacred, taboo (Ray)
Waya Tapu Forbidden, prohibited (Ply)
West Futuna Tapw/i A taboo Problematic (Cpl)
West Futuna Tapu. Tabu (ANI) (Cpl). Forbidden, sacred, holy; prohibition (Dty)
West Futuna Tapu/ia Poser un tabou (Rve)
West Uvea Kai/tapu Etre malheureux, être maudit (Hmn)
West Uvea Tapu-lia Interdit, tabou; interdire, défendre (Hmn)

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