tabu

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See also: Tabu, tabú, tabù, and tabū

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

tabu (plural tabus)

  1. Alternative spelling of taboo

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. Alternative spelling of taboo

Anagrams[edit]

Afar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tábu m 

  1. transition

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Noun[edit]

tabu

  1. rabbit

Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tabu n (indeclinable)

  1. taboo

Related terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

tabu (indeclinable)

  1. taboo

Further reading[edit]

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

Danish[edit]

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English taboo, Tongan tapu.

Noun[edit]

tabu

  1. taboo

Declension[edit]

Declension of tabu
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tabu tabuet tabuer tabuerne
genitive tabus tabuets tabuers tabuernes

References[edit]

Fijian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

tabu

  1. forbidden

Finnish[edit]

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology[edit]

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tabu

  1. taboo

Declension[edit]

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
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tabunsa tabunsa
accusative nom. tabunsa tabunsa
gen. tabunsa
genitive tabunsa tabujensa
partitive tabuaan
tabuansa 		tabujaan
tabujansa
inessive tabussaan
tabussansa 		tabuissaan
tabuissansa
elative tabustaan
tabustansa 		tabuistaan
tabuistansa
illative tabuunsa tabuihinsa
adessive tabullaan
tabullansa 		tabuillaan
tabuillansa
ablative tabultaan
tabultansa 		tabuiltaan
tabuiltansa
allative tabulleen
tabullensa 		tabuilleen
tabuillensa
essive tabunaan
tabunansa 		tabuinaan
tabuinansa
translative tabukseen
tabuksensa 		tabuikseen
tabuiksensa
abessive tabuttaan
tabuttansa 		tabuittaan
tabuittansa
instructive — —
comitative — tabuineen
tabuinensa

Derived terms[edit]

compounds

Further reading[edit]

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

tabu (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. taboo
    Das ist tabu.
    That’s taboo.

Usage notes[edit]

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

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Hungarian[edit]

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hu

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

tabu

  1. taboo

Declension[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tabu (first-person possessive tabuku, second-person possessive tabumu, third-person possessive tabunya)

  1. taboo

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Lithuanian[edit]

Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lt

Etymology[edit]

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

Noun[edit]

tabù m

  1. taboo

Declension[edit]

Indeclinable.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. taboo

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. taboo

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tabu n (indeclinable)

  1. taboo

Further reading[edit]

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

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bu

Noun[edit]

tabu m (plural tabus)

  1. taboo (cultural inhibition or ban)

Adjective[edit]

tabu (invariable)

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

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French tabou.

Noun[edit]

tabu n (plural tabuuri)

  1. taboo

Declension[edit]

Declension of tabu
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tabu tabul (niște) tabuuri tabuurile
genitive/dative (unui) tabu tabului (unor) tabuuri tabuurilor
vocative tabule tabuurilor

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

English taboo.

Noun[edit]

tabu m (Cyrillic spelling табу)

  1. taboo

Slovak[edit]

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tabu n

  1. taboo

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “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, 2024

Swahili[edit]

Noun[edit]

tabu (n class, plural tabu)

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

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Tongan tapu.

Noun[edit]

tabu n

  1. taboo

Declension[edit]

Declension of tabu 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tabu tabut tabun tabuna
Genitive tabus tabuts tabuns tabunas

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

tabu (not comparable)

  1. taboo

Usage notes[edit]

As adjective only used predicatively.

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Ternate[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tabu (Jawi تابو)

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

Conjugation[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Noun[edit]

tabu

  1. predicative singular of tab
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