See also: Tabu, tábu, tabú, tabù, and tabū

English

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Noun

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tabu (plural tabus)

  1. Alternative spelling of taboo

Derived terms

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Verb

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tabu (third-person singular simple present tabus, present participle tabuing, simple past and past participle tabued)

  1. Alternative spelling of taboo

Anagrams

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtabu/ [ˈtʌbʊ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bu

Noun

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tábu m 

  1. transition

References

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  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 57

Comanche

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Noun

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tabu

  1. rabbit

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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tabu n (indeclinable)

  1. taboo
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Adjective

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tabu (indeclinable)

  1. taboo

Further reading

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  • tabu”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • tabu”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • tabu”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English taboo, Tongan tapu.

Noun

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tabu

  1. taboo

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From English taboo, from Tongan tapu (prohibited).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑb̥u/, [ˈtɑb̥u]
  • Rhymes: -ɑbu
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bu

Noun

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tabu (genitive tabu, partitive tabu)

  1. taboo

Declension

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Declension of tabu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tabu tabud
accusative nom.
gen. tabu
genitive tabude
partitive tabu tabusid
illative tappu
tabusse
tabudesse
inessive tabus tabudes
elative tabust tabudest
allative tabule tabudele
adessive tabul tabudel
ablative tabult tabudelt
translative tabuks tabudeks
terminative tabuni tabudeni
essive tabuna tabudena
abessive tabuta tabudeta
comitative tabuga tabudega

Derived terms

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Compounds

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References

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  • tabu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • tabu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • tabu”, in [VSL] Võõrsõnade leksikon [Lexicon of Foreign Words] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Fijian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central-Pacific *tabu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Cognate with Maori tapu, Hawaiian kapu.

Adjective

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tabu

  1. forbidden

Finnish

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Etymology

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From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑbu/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝bu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑbu
  • Hyphenation(key): ta‧bu

Noun

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tabu

  1. taboo

Declension

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Inflection of tabu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative tabu tabut
genitive tabun tabujen
partitive tabua tabuja
illative tabuun tabuihin
singular plural
nominative tabu tabut
accusative nom. tabu tabut
gen. tabun
genitive tabun tabujen
partitive tabua tabuja
inessive tabussa tabuissa
elative tabusta tabuista
illative tabuun tabuihin
adessive tabulla tabuilla
ablative tabulta tabuilta
allative tabulle tabuille
essive tabuna tabuina
translative tabuksi tabuiksi
abessive tabutta tabuitta
instructive tabuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tabu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tabuni tabuni
accusative nom. tabuni tabuni
gen. tabuni
genitive tabuni tabujeni
partitive tabuani tabujani
inessive tabussani tabuissani
elative tabustani tabuistani
illative tabuuni tabuihini
adessive tabullani tabuillani
ablative tabultani tabuiltani
allative tabulleni tabuilleni
essive tabunani tabuinani
translative tabukseni tabuikseni
abessive tabuttani tabuittani
instructive
comitative tabuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tabusi tabusi
accusative nom. tabusi tabusi
gen. tabusi
genitive tabusi tabujesi
partitive tabuasi tabujasi
inessive tabussasi tabuissasi
elative tabustasi tabuistasi
illative tabuusi tabuihisi
adessive tabullasi tabuillasi
ablative tabultasi tabuiltasi
allative tabullesi tabuillesi
essive tabunasi tabuinasi
translative tabuksesi tabuiksesi
abessive tabuttasi tabuittasi
instructive
comitative tabuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tabumme tabumme
accusative nom. tabumme tabumme
gen. tabumme
genitive tabumme tabujemme
partitive tabuamme tabujamme
inessive tabussamme tabuissamme
elative tabustamme tabuistamme
illative tabuumme tabuihimme
adessive tabullamme tabuillamme
ablative tabultamme tabuiltamme
allative tabullemme tabuillemme
essive tabunamme tabuinamme
translative tabuksemme tabuiksemme
abessive tabuttamme tabuittamme
instructive
comitative tabuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tabunne tabunne
accusative nom. tabunne tabunne
gen. tabunne
genitive tabunne tabujenne
partitive tabuanne tabujanne
inessive tabussanne tabuissanne
elative tabustanne tabuistanne
illative tabuunne tabuihinne
adessive tabullanne tabuillanne
ablative tabultanne tabuiltanne
allative tabullenne tabuillenne
essive tabunanne tabuinanne
translative tabuksenne tabuiksenne
abessive tabuttanne tabuittanne
instructive
comitative tabuinenne

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taˈbuː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uː

Adjective

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tabu (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. taboo
    Das ist tabu.
    That’s taboo.
    • 2019, Frozen Starfall (lyrics and music), “Sommertrip”‎[3]:
      Doch nun ist es zu heiß, um irgendwas zu tun
      Für mich ist Sommersonne wohl tabu
      Ich glaub, ich fange an zu schmelzen wie ein Wassereis
      Was nur findet ihr an dieser Jahreszeit?
      But now it's way too hot to do anything
      Summer sun seems to be taboo for me
      I think I'm starting to melt like an ice pop
      What do you guys even like about this season?

Usage notes

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  • The adjective is not used attributively (for which tabuisiert or compounds with Tabu are used).
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Further reading

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  • tabu” in Duden online
  • tabu” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From English taboo.[1] Ultimately from Tongan tapu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒbu]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bu
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Noun

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tabu

  1. taboo

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tabu tabuk
accusative tabut tabukat
dative tabunak tabuknak
instrumental tabuval tabukkal
causal-final tabuért tabukért
translative tabuvá tabukká
terminative tabuig tabukig
essive-formal tabuként tabukként
essive-modal
inessive tabuban tabukban
superessive tabun tabukon
adessive tabunál tabuknál
illative tabuba tabukba
sublative tabura tabukra
allative tabuhoz tabukhoz
elative tabuból tabukból
delative taburól tabukról
ablative tabutól tabuktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
tabué tabuké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
tabuéi tabukéi
Possessive forms of tabu
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tabum tabuim
2nd person sing. tabud tabuid
3rd person sing. tabuja tabui
1st person plural tabunk tabuink
2nd person plural tabutok tabuitok
3rd person plural tabujuk tabuik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ tabu in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

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  • tabu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From English taboo, from Tongan tapu (prohibited, sacred), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtabu/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bu

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tabu (uncountable)

  1. taboo

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Further reading

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

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tabù m

  1. taboo

Declension

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Indeclinable.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

Noun

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tabu n (definite singular tabuet, indefinite plural tabu, definite plural tabua or tabuene)

  1. taboo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

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tabu n (definite singular tabuet, indefinite plural tabu, definite plural tabua)

  1. taboo

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English taboo, from Tongan tapu (prohibited).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈta.bu/
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  • Rhymes: -abu
  • Syllabification: ta‧bu

Noun

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tabu n (indeclinable)

  1. taboo

Further reading

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  • tabu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tabu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bu

Noun

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tabu m (plural tabus)

  1. taboo (cultural inhibition or ban)

Adjective

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tabu (invariable)

  1. taboo (culturally forbidden from use, approach or mention)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French tabou.

Noun

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tabu n (plural tabuuri)

  1. taboo

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tabu tabul tabuuri tabuurile
genitive-dative tabu tabului tabuuri tabuurilor
vocative tabule tabuurilor

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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English taboo.

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tabu m (Cyrillic spelling табу)

  1. taboo

Slovak

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tabu n

  1. taboo
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References

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  • tabu”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Swahili

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tabu class IX (plural tabu class X)

  1. Alternative form of taabu (hardship, distress, misery, difficulty)

Swedish

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Tongan tapu.

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tabu n

  1. taboo

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Adjective

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tabu (not comparable)

  1. taboo

Usage notes

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As adjective only used predicatively.

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Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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tabu (Jawi تابو)

  1. (transitive) to shoot, fire
    tabu si usperato fire the gun

Conjugation

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Conjugation of tabu
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totabu fotabu mitabu
2nd notabu nitabu
3rd Masculine otabu itabu, yotabu
Feminine motabu
Neuter itabu
- archaic

References

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  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Volapük

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tabu

  1. predicative singular of tab
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