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How to use kapu in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word kapu? Here are some examples.

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With Kamehameha's death, the traditional system of laws or rules, called kapu, had begun to crumble.
On January 14, 1794, Vancouver landed more cattle at Kealakekua Bay and requested a kapu against killing them.
Likewise, the focus of the ancient Hawaiian kapu or law sought to focus on the relationships of kauwa not only with the kahuna and aliyi, but with all of the other groups.
In 1819, King Kamehameha II officially abolished the kapu system because he saw that it was a barrier between his people and the apparently better organized and equipped outsiders.
Mr Kapu said the area would be hit by hunger if the farmers continued to sell their maize at give-away prices.
Examples from Classical Literature
Coming down on the other side of the hill I arrived again at Becsi kapu square and walked through the small flower market where people sold their own produce.
Even more important, various military authorities have become so interested that they are allowing us to enter military reservations, which are normally kapu to civilians.
In a historical time when numerous actions could be against the kapu and result in a death sentence, anyone who could make it to pu'uhonua was safe.
A Pu'uhonna is a sacred place where those who broke the Kapu, or divine law, could be absolved of their transgressions.
Matapuu's revolver, found in the box of one Kapu, was explained away by that boy as having been given to him by Lervumie.
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