tapu
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Maori tapu. Doublet of kapu.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittapu (countable and uncountable, plural tapus)
- (New Zealand) Alternative form of taboo
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
- Spies were sent to test the Moriori’s mettle by violating tapu & despoiling holy sites.
Verb
edittapu (third-person singular simple present tapus, present participle tapuing, simple past and past participle tapued)
- (New Zealand) 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.
Antonyms
editAnagrams
editKaurna
editNoun
edittapu
- the common Australian fly (musca vetustissima)
- one of two men at either side of the line at the beginning of the Kaurna circumcision ceremony
Latvian
editNoun
edittapu f
- inflection of tapa:
Verb
edittapu
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
edit20 | ||
[a], [b] ← 1 | 2 | 3 → [a], [b] |
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Cardinal: nis, tapu Ordinal: nisewey Adverbial: nisokehs Adnominal: nisuwok, nisonul |
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Algonquian *ta·paw-.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
edittapu
- (in counting) Synonym of nis (“two”)
References
edit- Passamaquoddy-Maliseet language portal
- LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy, New York: Garland Publishing
Maori
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu.[1] Cognate with Hawaiian kapu.
Adjective
edittapu
Noun
edittapu
- taboo, restriction (as a spiritual or supernatural condition)
Descendants
edit- → English: tapu
References
edit- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 6: Society, Canberra: Australian National University, pages 285-8
Etymology 2
editCompare also with Rarotongan tapu “mole, birthmark” (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
edittapu (usually reduplicated as taputapu)
- mark or indentation left on a surface
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editQuechua
editNoun
edittapu
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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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 |
Rapa Nui
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *tapu.
Adjective
edittapu
Samoan
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *tapu.
Noun
edittapu
Adjective
edittapu
Sranan Tongo
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editPreposition
edittapu
- on, on top of
Etymology 2
editVerb
edittapu
- to stop
Tahitian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *tapu.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittapu
Adjective
edittapu
References
edit- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “tapu” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Ternate
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittapu
- an anchor
References
edit- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tokelauan
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *tapu. Cognates include Hawaiian kapu and Samoan tapu.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittapu
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 373
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish طاپو (tapu, “service; demesne allocated in return for service”), from Old Anatolian Turkish طاپو (tapu); equivalent to tap- (“to serve”) + -u (deverbal nominal suffix). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tapuġ, “service, servitude”).
Noun
edittapu (definite accusative tapuyu, plural tapular)
- deed (document)
- deed office, for example the registrar of landownership
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | tapu | tapular |
definite accusative | tapuyu | tapuları |
dative | tapuya | tapulara |
locative | tapuda | tapularda |
ablative | tapudan | tapulardan |
genitive | tapunun | tapuların |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “tapu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
References
edit- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tapu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
West Makian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittapu
- an anchor
References
edit- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics
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