tambu

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English

Adjective

tambu (not comparable)

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

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

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. in-law
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