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 Term
- Tikanga tuku iho
- Kaho/Related Term
- Atua
- Karakia
- Noa
- Tapairu
- Tohunga
- Wāhi tapu
- Wai tapu
