Tapu

"Tapu," it said, which means taboo, or keep away; and farther on a notice in French that the owner forbade any one to enter upon his land.

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

Tapu was the heart of this ancient religion, meaning "something marked" or "set apart."

The Allure of the Taboo 2007

It may interest you to know that I am entirely Tapu, and live apart in my chambers like a caged beast.

Vailima Letters 2005

Tapu was a man who, with his wife Tea, lived there and had a daughter named Tapuitea, from the union of the names of her parents.

Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before George Turner

Having thus bewailed much in this strain, the virtuous Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma or Tapu, restrained his soul and began to reflect in his mind as to who had slain those heroes.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

LMS missionaries were active in Niue between 1846 and 1890, and were responsible for formalising the alphabet and producing a complete Bible (Ko e Tohi Tapu) and hymnbook (Ko e Tau Lologo Tapu) in Niuean, both of which are still in print.

Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885

Tapu it is, but the gods will surely pardon despair;

Ballads Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

'Tapu,' said Hoka; and I thought to myself (after the manner of dull travellers) what children and fools these people were to toil over the mountain and despoil innocent neighbours when the staff of life was thus growing at their door.

In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

Tapu and tapu and tapu, I know they are every one right;

Ballads Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

These Tapu lands were watered by skilfully constructed aqueducts, whereby they were rendered suitable for agriculture.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853