A.Word.A.Day --kapu

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Feb 24, 2022

This week’s theme
Words borrowed from German & Hawaiian

This week’s words
Sehnsucht
lei
verstehen
kapu
wissenschaft

A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

PRONUNCIATION:

(KAH-poo)

MEANING:

noun: Taboo.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Hawaiian kapu, from the Proto-Polynesian root tapu which also gave us taboo. Earliest documented use: 1933.

USAGE:

“I haven’t explored deeply into the caverns as they are considered kapu.”
Kristie Clark; Dragon Clan; Delphi; 2021.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

We're here to put a dent in the universe. -Steve Jobs, entrepreneur and inventor (24 Feb 1955-2011)

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