tapu – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of tapu

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tapu
Participle: tapued
Gerund: tapuing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Itapu
youtapu
he;she;ittapus
wetapu
youtapu
theytapu

Perfect

Ihave tapued
youhave tapued
he;she;ithas tapued
wehave tapued
youhave tapued
theyhave tapued

Past

Itapued
youtapued
he;she;ittapued
wetapued
youtapued
theytapued

Pluperfect

Ihad tapued
youhad tapued
he;she;ithad tapued
wehad tapued
youhad tapued
theyhad tapued

Future

Iwill tapu
youwill tapu
he;she;itwill tapu
wewill tapu
youwill tapu
theywill tapu

Future Perfect

Iwill have tapued
youwill have tapued
he;she;itwill have tapued
wewill have tapued
youwill have tapued
theywill have tapued

Subjunctive

Present

Itapu
youtapu
he;she;ittapu
wetapu
youtapu
theytapu

Perfect

Ihave tapued
youhave tapued
he;she;ithave tapued
wehave tapued
youhave tapued
theyhave tapued

Imperfect

Itapued
youtapued
he;she;ittapued
wetapued
youtapued
theytapued

Pluperfect

Ihad tapued
youhad tapued
he;she;ithad tapued
wehad tapued
youhad tapued
theyhad tapued

Conditional

Present

Iwould tapu
youwould tapu
he;she;itwould tapu
wewould tapu
youwould tapu
theywould tapu

Perfect

Iwould have tapued
youwould have tapued
he;she;itwould have tapued
wewould have tapued
youwould have tapued
theywould have tapued

Imperative

youtapu
weLet's tapu
youtapu

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam tapuing
youare tapuing
he;she;itis tapuing
weare tapuing
youare tapuing
theyare tapuing

Perfect

Ihave been tapuing
youhave been tapuing
he;she;ithas been tapuing
wehave been tapuing
youhave been tapuing
theyhave been tapuing

Past

Iwas tapuing
youwere tapuing
he;she;itwas tapuing
wewere tapuing
youwere tapuing
theywere tapuing

Pluperfect

Ihad been tapuing
youhad been tapuing
he;she;ithad been tapuing
wehad been tapuing
youhad been tapuing
theyhad been tapuing

Future

Iwill be tapuing
youwill be tapuing
he;she;itwill be tapuing
wewill be tapuing
youwill be tapuing
theywill be tapuing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been tapuing
youwill have been tapuing
he;she;itwill have been tapuing
wewill have been tapuing
youwill have been tapuing
theywill have been tapuing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be tapuing
youwould be tapuing
he;she;itwould be tapuing
wewould be tapuing
youwould be tapuing
theywould be tapuing

Perfect

Iwould have been tapuing
youwould have been tapuing
he;she;itwould have been tapuing
wewould have been tapuing
youwould have been tapuing
theywould have been tapuing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'tapu'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'tapu'

tabu, tap, tape, tatu, ape, apt, bap, cap, cape, dap,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori tapu. Doublet of kapu. See: Maori 'tapu'.

Sample Sentences

  • Tapuing seeds and fields are types of the English laws for protecting out-door property; women tapued to men is matrimony; tapuing sick persons is analogous to the quarantine orders against lepers, the plague and the yellow fever. [1859, Arthur Saunders Thomson, The Story of New Zealand: Past and Present, page 105:]