- Look up
tapu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Tapu may
refer to:
Tapu (Polynesian culture), a
concept of
sacredness from
which the word "taboo" is derived...
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Tapu is a
Polynesian traditional concept denoting something holy or sacred, with "spiritual restriction" or "implied prohibition"; it
involves rules and...
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Hirawanu Tapu (c. 1824–1900) was a
notable New
Zealand Moriori leader. He was born in Te Awapatiki,
Chatham Islands, New Zealand. He was a
major source...
- Motu
Tapu, is a 0.026
square kilometres (0.010 sq mi)
private island in the
lagoon of Bora Bora in
French Polynesia. It is the
located betweenTo'opua and...
- Māori
followed certain practices that
relate to
traditional concepts like
tapu.
Certain people and
objects contain mana –
spiritual power or essence. In...
- The
tapu resmi was a
feudal land tax in the
Ottoman Empire. A
tapu was the
equivalent of a
title deed for farmland, in a
feudal system where farmers were...
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Other Words (
Tapu, 2011) Sum Dark 12 (
Tapu, 2012) TENT 06 & 16 & 2012 (
Tapu, 2012)
Gardening (
Tapu, 2012) 47
Voice Loops (
Tapu, 2013)
Float (
Tapu, 2013) ZoomWorld...
- Tai
Tapu,
previously known as Taitapu, is a
small town
adjacent to the
Halswell River and
nestled in the Port Hills,
located 6 km east of the town of Lincoln...
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Fenua Tapu is an
islet of Nui
atoll in the
Pacific Ocean state of Tuvalu. It is the most
southern and most
eastern islet of Nui and is the
largest (area...
- "sacred" or "forbidden", but Māori
tapu has a host of variations.
There was a
personal tapu and
local tapu;
tapu of one kind or
another faced the Māori...
