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troneEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From Middle English trone (“a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance”), from Anglo-Norman trone, tron (whence also Anglo-Latin trona), from Old Norse trönur (“a frame or framework on which trunks of trees are laid to be cut by the saw”), plural of trana, trani (“trunk, snout, name of a ship or sword”, literally “crane”). Cognate with Danish trane (“crane”).
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
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kapu
prohibited, forbidden, sacred, consecrated, or set apart
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forbidden, prohibited, unlawful; historically also sacred or consecrated
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tapu
sacred, prohibited, restricted, set apart, or under atua protection
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