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4-letter words (3 found)

PATU,TAPU,UPTA,

3-letter words (7 found)

APT,PAT,PUT,TAP,TAU,TUP,UTA,

2-letter words (5 found)

AT,PA,TA,UP,UT,

You can make 15 words from tapu according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of tapu

tapu atpu tpau ptau aptu patu taup atup tuap utap autp uatp tpua ptua tupa utpa puta upta aput paut aupt uapt puat upat

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Definitions and meaning of tapu

tapu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑːpuː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːpu

Noun

tapu (countable and uncountable, plural tapus)

  1. Alternative form of taboo

Verb

tapu (third-person singular simple present tapus, present participle tapuing, simple past and past participle tapued)

  1. Alternative form of taboo

Anagrams

  • APTU, Tupa, UATP, patu, puta

Kaurna

Noun

tapu

  1. the common Australian fly (musca vetustissima)
  2. one of two men at either side of the line at the beginning of the Kaurna circumcision ceremony

Latvian

Noun

tapu f

  1. inflection of tapa:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

Verb

tapu

  1. first-person singular past indicative of tapt

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ta·paw-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.pu/, [ˈda˧˦.bu]

Numeral

tapu

  1. (in counting) Synonym of nis (“two”)

References

  • Passamaquoddy-Maliseet language portal
  • LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy, New York: Garland Publishing

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Cognate with Hawaiian kapu.

Adjective

tapu

  1. holy, sacred, consecrated
  2. restricted, prohibited, forbidden

Noun

tapu

  1. taboo, restriction (as a spiritual or supernatural condition)

Synonyms

  • ārai

Quechua

Noun

tapu

  1. question

Declension

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

Adjective

tapu

  1. sacred, taboo

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

Noun

tapu

  1. taboo

Adjective

tapu

  1. taboo

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.pu/

Etymology 1

From English top.

Preposition

tapu

  1. on, on top of

Etymology 2

From English stop.

Verb

tapu

  1. to stop

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.pu/

Noun

tapu

  1. taboo
  2. oath, pledge

Adjective

tapu

  1. sacred, taboo, forbidden

References

  • Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
  • “tapu” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.pu/

Noun

tapu

  1. an anchor

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tapu. Cognates include Hawaiian kapu and Samoan tapu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈta.pu]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧pu

Verb

tapu

  1. (stative) to be forbidden, taboo

Derived terms

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 373

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طاپو (tapu, “service; demesne allocated in return for service”), from Old Anatolian Turkish طاپو (tapu); equivalent to tap- (“to serve”) +‎ -u (deverbal nominal suffix). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tapuġ, “service, servitude”).

Noun

tapu (definite accusative tapuyu, plural tapular)

  1. deed (document)
  2. deed office, for example the registrar of landownership

Declension

Related terms

  • tapmak

Further reading

  • “tapu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tapu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

West Makian

Etymology

From Ternate tapu (“anchor”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪a.pu/

Noun

tapu

  1. an anchor

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics

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