etapu¹ sacred, endowed with spiritual powers / holy / unapproachable; [...]

Part of Speech	adjective
Phonetic Form	etapu
Variant Form(s)	'tapu
Tanema Equivalent	etapu
Lovono Equivalent	etapu

1. • sacred, endowed with spiritual powers
   • • Spirit
     • Myth

   Typical Subject

   s.th., place

   • • Example 781:
       

       Temaka etapu, temaka pe li-tamava ene.

       A sacred place is one where rituals are performed.

2. • holy
   • • Christ

   Syntactic Restriction

   in Christian religion

   • • Example 782:
       

       Aia God, enga eo etapu.

       Our Father God, hallowed be Thy name.

3. • unapproachable; meant to be paid the highest respect
   • • Ethn

   Typical Subject

   s.o.

   • • Example 783:
       

       Lek’ iape etapu.

       [his cousin is ‘taboo’] His (female) cousin is to be highly respected.

       Example Comment

       kin relation

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S68

4. • forbidden, taboo

   Typical Subject

   action, topic

   • • Example 784:
       

       Ngatene pon etapu tamwase pe li-vet’ piene ñi.

       This topic is very delicate to talk about.

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • etapu² stop! don't! Used to stop s.o. from their action
  • etapu³ Prohibitive: don't / … that you don't (do P)
• See also:
  • mam tadoe place (typic. cave), whether covered or not, haunted by spirits or deities (tadoe); hence heathen temple
  • moe etapu church
  • ~botongo¹ interpose (s.th., oneself) between A and B, so as to prevent A (typically an agentive participant in motion) from reaching B (typically a static target) / block, shut ‹s.th.› / stop, prevent ‹s.o.› from doing s.th. (me or nara +Irr.); forbid / separate ‹people› from each other / impede access to ‹s.th.› / be in a position that blocks access to ‹s.th.›, whether deliberately or not, to impede access to ‹s.o., s.th.›; hence (sit+) on ‹s.th.›; (sit+) besides or with ‹s.o., s.th.› as a way to protect / protect ‹s.o., s.th.› from a potential danger / take care of, look after ‹s.o., s.th.› / do s.th. in favour of ‹s.o.›