tabu

George notes that our word “taboo” is believed to derive from one of two Polynesian words: tapua, which means “menstruation,” or tabu, which means “apart.”

The tabu on horses and dogs thus renders unthinkable the consumption of a set of animals whose production is practically feasible and which are nutritionally not to be despised.

Awa was thrown before the spirit of the thunder and they established tabus.

Hedged about by the tabu he can scarce move hand or foot without circumspection.

In military and naval circles, for instance, certain subjects are tabu.