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.

Tahūhū/Broader Terms: