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Tapu (Topical Term)

Momo manako: Tapu

Whakamārama: He ritenga whakawehe i te tangata, i te taonga i tētahi āhua rānei, kia kaua e whāwhāria, e takahia, ā, kia tūpato te haere.

Scope Note: A status of separateness conferred by ritual to set things apart from ordinary matters (noa). When under tapu things were forbidden or treated differently from things noa.

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