Where does “tapui” come from?

tapui (Samoan) comes from Samoan tapu, from Proto-Polynesian tapu, from Proto-Oceanic tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu.

tapui (Samoan): hieroglyphic sign put on personal property to...

Definitions

  1. hieroglyphic sign put on personal property to...

Ancestry of “tapui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoantaputaboo
2Proto-Polynesiantaputaboo
3Proto-Oceanictabu—
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantambu—
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantambu—
Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu →Every word from Proto-Oceanic tabu →