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tambu

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English

Adjective

tambu (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of taboo (“culturally forbidden”).

Noun

tambu (plural tambus)

  1. Alternative form of taboo (“cultural prohibition”).

Anagrams

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Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu (compare taboo). In some Papuan cultures, speaking the names of in-laws is forbidden.

Adjective

tambu

  1. forbidden, not allowed
  2. holy

Derived terms

Noun

tambu

  1. taboo
  2. in-law

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