In 1777, Cook wrote that the word taboo ... has a very comprehensive meaning; but, in general, signifies that a thing is forbidden.... When any thing is forbidden to be eat, or made use of, they say, that it is taboo. Cook was in Tonga at the time, and so it is the Tongan form tabu that is the source of the English word taboo.
Annual Prices. Residents of California pay an annual total price of $34,377 to attend University of California Davis on a full time basis. This fee is comprised of $11,220 for tuition, $14,571 room and board, $1,576 for books and supplies and $2,731 for other fees.
1 San Diego State University has an annual tuition rate for 2011 graduate students who are California residents of $14,870 which includes all mandatory fees. 2  That would push the two year tuition total to near $30,000, with increases sure to follow in the coming years. University of California/Berkeley was charging 5,616.25 per semester for state residents, a cost that included student health insurance. 2  That would result in a total tuition cost of $22,465 plus the student fees, which at Berkeley can be another few hundred dollars per semester.