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No, literally always spelt tapu, a different word with completely different meaning and connotations than taboo.

• AlanYx 5y ago
  The English word "taboo" actually comes from the Polynesian family of languages (tapua/tupua/tapu), of which Māori is a part.
  • yorwba 5y ago
    The term has been reconstructed even further back to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian and cognates exist across a large number of related languages. https://www.trussel2.com/acd/acd-s_t.htm#30099 https://www.trussel2.com/acd/acd-s_t.htm#30099 Of course that doesn't mean it's used the same in all of them.
  • djrobstep 5y ago
    That it has origins in the same language family doesn’t make it the same word. Once again - it has a very different meaning to taboo.
  • mdoms 5y ago
    The 2021 Ford F-150 comes from the same historical family as the Ford Pinto therefore they are the same car.