tapu

See also: tapo and tāpu

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑːpuː/

Noun

tapu (countable and uncountable, plural tapus)

  1. Alternative form of taboo
    • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
      Spies were sent to test the Moriori’s mettle by violating tapu & despoiling holy sites.

Verb

tapu (third-person singular simple present tapus, present participle tapuing, simple past and past participle tapued)

  1. Alternative form of taboo
    • 1859, Arthur Saunders Thomson, The Story of New Zealand: Past and Present (page 105)
      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.

Anagrams

Latvian

Noun

tapu f

  1. accusative singular form of tapa
  2. instrumental singular form of tapa
  3. genitive plural form of tapa

Verb

tapu

  1. 1st person singular past indicative form of tapt

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Cognate with Hawaiian kapu.

Adjective

tapu

  1. holy, sacred, consecrated
  2. restricted, prohibited, forbidden

Noun

tapu

  1. taboo, restriction (as a spiritual or supernatural condition)

Synonyms
  • ārai

Quechua

Noun

tapu

  1. question

Declension
declension of tapu
singular plural
nominative tapu tapukuna
accusative taputa tapukunata
dative tapuman tapukunaman
genitive tapup tapukunap
locative tapupi tapukunapi
terminative tapukama tapukunakama
ablative tapumanta tapukunamanta
instrumental tapuwan tapukunawan
comitative tapuntin tapukunantin
abessive tapunnaq tapukunannaq
comparative tapuhina tapukunahina
causative tapurayku tapukunarayku
benefactive tapupaq tapukunapaq
associative tapupura tapukunapura
distributive tapunka tapukunanka
exclusive tapulla tapukunalla
possessive forms of tapu
ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my) singular plural
nominative tapuy tapuykuna
accusative tapuyta tapuykunata
dative tapuyman tapuykunaman
genitive tapuypa tapuykunap
locative tapuypi tapuykunapi
terminative tapuykama tapuykunakama
ablative tapuymanta tapuykunamanta
instrumental tapuywan tapuykunawan
comitative tapuynintin tapuykunantin
abessive tapuyninnaq tapuykunannaq
comparative tapuyhina tapuykunahina
causative tapuyrayku tapuykunarayku
benefactive tapuypaq tapuykunapaq
associative tapuypura tapuykunapura
distributive tapuyninka tapuykunanka
exclusive tapuylla tapuykunalla
qampa - second-person singular
qampa (your) singular plural
nominative tapuyki tapuykikuna
accusative tapuykita tapuykikunata
dative tapuykiman tapuykikunaman
genitive tapuykipa tapuykikunap
locative tapuykipi tapuykikunapi
terminative tapuykikama tapuykikunakama
ablative tapuykimanta tapuykikunamanta
instrumental tapuykiwan tapuykikunawan
comitative tapuykintin tapuykikunantin
abessive tapuykinnaq tapuykikunannaq
comparative tapuykihina tapuykikunahina
causative tapuykirayku tapuykikunarayku
benefactive tapuykipaq tapuykikunapaq
associative tapuykipura tapuykikunapura
distributive tapuykinka tapuykikunanka
exclusive tapuykilla tapuykikunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its) singular plural
nominative tapun tapunkuna
accusative tapunta tapunkunata
dative tapunman tapunkunaman
genitive tapunpa tapunkunap
locative tapunpi tapunkunapi
terminative tapunkama tapunkunakama
ablative tapunmanta tapunkunamanta
instrumental tapunwan tapunkunawan
comitative tapunintin tapunkunantin
abessive tapunninnaq tapunkunannaq
comparative tapunhina tapunkunahina
causative tapunrayku tapunkunarayku
benefactive tapunpaq tapunkunapaq
associative tapunpura tapunkunapura
distributive tapuninka tapunkunanka
exclusive tapunlla tapunkunalla
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural
nominative tapunchik tapunchikkuna
accusative tapunchikta tapunchikkunata
dative tapunchikman tapunchikkunaman
genitive tapunchikpa tapunchikkunap
locative tapunchikpi tapunchikkunapi
terminative tapunchikkama tapunchikkunakama
ablative tapunchikmanta tapunchikkunamanta
instrumental tapunchikwan tapunchikkunawan
comitative tapunchiknintin tapunchikkunantin
abessive tapunchikninnaq tapunchikkunannaq
comparative tapunchikhina tapunchikkunahina
causative tapunchikrayku tapunchikkunarayku
benefactive tapunchikpaq tapunchikkunapaq
associative tapunchikpura tapunchikkunapura
distributive tapunchikninka tapunchikkunanka
exclusive tapunchiklla tapunchikkunalla
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural
nominative tapuyku tapuykukuna
accusative tapuykuta tapuykukunata
dative tapuykuman tapuykukunaman
genitive tapuykupa tapuykukunap
locative tapuykupi tapuykukunapi
terminative tapuykukama tapuykukunakama
ablative tapuykumanta tapuykukunamanta
instrumental tapuykuwan tapuykukunawan
comitative tapuykuntin tapuykukunantin
abessive tapuykunnaq tapuykukunannaq
comparative tapuykuhina tapuykukunahina
causative tapuykurayku tapuykukunarayku
benefactive tapuykupaq tapuykukunapaq
associative tapuykupura tapuykukunapura
distributive tapuykunka tapuykukunanka
exclusive tapuykulla tapuykukunalla
qamkunap - second-person plural
qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural
nominative tapuykichik tapuykichikkuna
accusative tapuykichikta tapuykichikkunata
dative tapuykichikman tapuykichikkunaman
genitive tapuykichikpa tapuykichikkunap
locative tapuykichikpi tapuykichikkunapi
terminative tapuykichikkama tapuykichikkunakama
ablative tapuykichikmanta tapuykichikkunamanta
instrumental tapuykichikwan tapuykichikkunawan
comitative tapuykichiknintin tapuykichikkunantin
abessive tapuykichikninnaq tapuykichikkunannaq
comparative tapuykichikhina tapuykichikkunahina
causative tapuykichikrayku tapuykichikkunarayku
benefactive tapuykichikpaq tapuykichikkunapaq
associative tapuykichikpura tapuykichikkunapura
distributive tapuykichikninka tapuykichikkunanka
exclusive tapuykichiklla tapuykichikkunalla
paykunap - third-person plural
paykunap (their) singular plural
nominative tapunku tapunkukuna
accusative tapunkuta tapunkukunata
dative tapunkuman tapunkukunaman
genitive tapunkupa tapunkukunap
locative tapunkupi tapunkukunapi
terminative tapunkukama tapunkukunakama
ablative tapunkumanta tapunkukunamanta
instrumental tapunkuwan tapunkukunawan
comitative tapunkuntin tapunkukunantin
abessive tapunkunnaq tapunkukunannaq
comparative tapunkuhina tapunkukunahina
causative tapunkurayku tapunkukunarayku
benefactive tapunkupaq tapunkukunapaq
associative tapunkupura tapunkukunapura
distributive tapunkunka tapunkukunanka
exclusive tapunkulla tapunkukunalla

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

Adjective

tapu

  1. sacred, taboo

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

Noun

tapu

  1. taboo

Adjective

tapu

  1. taboo

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈta.pu/

Etymology 1

From English top.

Preposition

tapu

  1. on, on top of

Etymology 2

From English stop.

Verb

tapu

  1. to stop

Tahitian
FWOTD – 8 November 2018

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈta.pu/

Noun

tapu

  1. taboo
  2. oath, pledge

Adjective

tapu

  1. sacred, taboo, forbidden

References

Turkish

Noun

tapu (definite accusative tapuyu, plural tapular)

  1. deed (document)
  2. deed office, for example the registrar of landownership

Declension
Inflection
Nominative tapu
Definite accusative tapuyu
Singular Plural
Nominative tapu tapular
Definite accusative tapuyu tapuları
Dative tapuya tapulara
Locative tapuda tapularda
Ablative tapudan tapulardan
Genitive tapunun tapuların
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