Māori tapu preserves the t and vowels of the wider Oceanic comparison; intermediate subgroup stages are not invented.
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tapu
sacred, prohibited, restricted, set apart, or under atua protection
OPEN NODE 556 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Oceanic · Proto-Oceanic reconstruction · ritual restriction*tampu
sacred, forbidden; under ritual restriction
OPEN NODE 326 ↗01
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Sacredness, prohibition, restriction, and being set apart remain central.
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POLLEX editors · John C. Moorfield
probable — The Māori word is attested; *tampu is a comparative reconstruction.
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TAPU [OC] — Prohibited, under ritual restriction, tabooNew Zealand Maori reflex under OC.TAPU; POC *tampu note
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Directly compares Māori tapu with the Oceanic reconstruction.
Tapu — Te Aka Māori DictionaryTapu definitions 1–4
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the attested Māori form and full semantic field.
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