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tabu
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English
Noun
tabu (plural tabus)
- Alternative spelling of taboo.
Derived terms
Verb
tabu (third-person singular simple present tabus, present participle tabuing, simple past and past participle tabued)
- Alternative spelling of taboo.
Anagrams
Afar
Pronunciation
Noun
tábu m
References
Comanche
Noun
tabu
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
tabu n (indeclinable)
Related terms
Adjective
tabu (indeclinable)
Further reading
- “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), 2008–2025
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Danish
Etymology
Noun
tabu n (singular definite tabuet, plural indefinite tabuer)
Declension
References
- “tabu” in Den Danske Ordbog
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Estonian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
tabu (genitive tabu, partitive tabu)
Declension
Derived terms
- tabuline
- tabustama
Compounds
- tabusõna
- tabuteema
References
- 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
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Fijian
Etymology
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
tabu
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
tabu
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tabu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
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German
Pronunciation
Adjective
tabu (indeclinable, predicative only)
- taboo
- Das ist tabu.
- That’s taboo.
- 2019, Frozen Starfall, “Sommertrip”:
- 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?
- But now it's way too hot to do anything
Usage notes
- The adjective is not used attributively (for which tabuisiert or compounds with Tabu are used).
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