etapu2 stop! don't! Used to stop s.o. from their action

Part of Speech interjection
Phonetic Form etapu
Orthographic Variant etapu!
Variant Form(s) 'tapu
Tanema Equivalent etapu
Lovono Equivalent etapu
    • stop! don't! Used to stop s.o. from their action
      • Literally it is forbidden
      Syntactic Restriction used alone
      • Example 785:
        Etapu! Ña leka kape i-rom’ eo!
        Don't! Your cousin might see you!
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S58

Related entries

  • Heterosemes:
    • etapu1 sacred, endowed with spiritual powers / holy / unapproachable; meant to be paid the highest respect / forbidden, taboo
    • etapu3 Prohibitive: don't / … that you don't (do P)