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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Tapu Jackie #190136 03/23/10 02:11 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly OP old hand OP olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand land of the long white cloud cuckoo land? Hehe, yeah nah! I just found the attribution of the origin of the word Tapu/Tabu to Tonga (because mr Cook first heard it there) curious. Since the word had been in use by many peoples prior to his arrival in the pacific. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Tapu olly 03/22/10 08:18 PM Re: Tapu Jackie 03/23/10 01:52 AM Re: Tapu olly 03/23/10 02:11 AM Re: Tapu Jackie 03/23/10 03:09 AM Re: Tapu BranShea 03/23/10 10:00 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,432 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 443 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 18 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,600 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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