It was a very serious matter in Hawaii as well. All Polynesian languages are closely related to each other. When Cook first landed in Hawaii, he was able to communicate quite well with the Hawaiians through the Polynesians he already had on his crew.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 1:02 AM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 1, 2012, at 3:09 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16489344 >> >> Taboo is a Tahitian word. This is the Hawai'ian equivilant. > > Interesting. The Maori word is quite similar, Tapu, and it's a pretty > serious thing. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapu_(Polynesian_culture) > > Cheers, > Dave > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
