POLLEX compares Tongan tapu with Proto-Oceanic *tampu; intermediate Polynesian developments are not over-specified here.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0313inheritanceprobable
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tabu / tapu
forbidden, prohibited, unlawful; historically also sacred or consecrated
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Oceanic · Proto-Oceanic reconstruction · ritual restriction*tampu
sacred, forbidden; under ritual restriction
OPEN NODE 326 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The sacred, prohibited, and ritual-restriction field remains continuous across the comparison.
Reconstructed Oceanic prehistory to attested Tongan.
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probable — The modern form is attested while the Proto-Oceanic form is a comparative reconstruction.
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TAPU [OC] — Prohibited, under ritual restriction, tabooReconstruction and notes — POC *tampu; Tongan tapu
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies the comparative Oceanic reconstruction and Tongan reflex.
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