What does tapu mean?
Tapu means (New Zealand) Alternative form of taboo..
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/ˈtɑːpuː/ · noun
(New Zealand) Alternative form of taboo..
Spies were sent to test the Moriori’s mettle by violating tapu & despoiling holy sites.
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.
Use tapu when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tapu means (New Zealand) Alternative form of taboo..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include noa.
Spies were sent to test the Moriori’s mettle by violating tapu & despoiling holy sites.
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