tabu

See also: Tabu, tabú, tabù, and tabū

English

Noun

tabu (plural tabus)

  1. Alternative spelling of taboo

Verb

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

  1. Alternative spelling of taboo

Anagrams


Comanche

Noun

tabu

  1. rabbit

Czech

Noun

tabu n

  1. taboo

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English taboo, Tongan tapu

Noun

tabu

  1. taboo

Declension

References


Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tabu. Cognate with Maori tapu, Hawaiian kapu.

Adjective

tabu

  1. forbidden

Finnish

Noun

tabu

  1. taboo

Declension

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
instructive tabuin
abessive tabutta tabuitta
comitative tabuineen

Compounds


German

Etymology

  • IPA(key): /taˈbuː/

Adjective

tabu (not comparable)

  1. (predicative only) taboo
    Das ist tabu.
    That’s taboo.

Usage notes

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

Further reading

  • tabu in Duden online

Latin

Verb

tābū

  1. ablative supine of tābeō

Lithuanian

Etymology

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

Noun

tabù m

  1. taboo

Declension

Indeclinable.


Polish

Etymology

From Tongan tapu (prohibited).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.bu/

Noun

tabu n

  1. taboo

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading

  • tabu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

tabu m (plural tabus)

  1. taboo (cultural inhibition or ban)

Adjective

tabu (plural tabu, comparable)

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

English taboo.

Noun

tabu m (Cyrillic spelling табу)

  1. taboo

Slovak

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtabu/

Noun

tabu n

  1. taboo
  • tabuový
  • tabuizovať

References

  • tabu in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Noun

tabu n

  1. taboo

Declension

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

Volapük

Noun

tabu

  1. predicative singular of tab
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